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Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...communicate children’s importance by listening to them and respecting Article 12 of the UNCRC. Helping young children to explore their ideas contributes to building a democratic early years community. Listening to children’s views includes improving adult understanding of how children relate and respond to the human and non-human world. How do we and children...
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Article 10 mins
Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond
Health, Sports & Psychology

Racial inequities in health: The impact of COVID-19 in Wales and beyond

...communities in Wales, the UK and beyond...Dr Jenny Douglas presents an overview of racial inequities in health from a historical and sociological perspective, focusing primarily on the UK, but making links to the US. The presentation will focus on the ways in which the pandemic merely reflected and amplified intersectional inequities that had existed previously. Dr Roiyah...
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Video 20 mins
Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion
Nature & Environment

Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion

...community gardening projects, conservation volunteering, green gyms, open water swimming or arts and cultural activities which take place outdoors. Many green social prescribing activities are led and supported by volunteers. What is volunteering and why volunteer? Volunteering is considered an act of social service whereby individuals or organisations provide services...
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Article 5 mins
The Z Files: Jon Chase
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Jon Chase

...communicating science to young people...Transcript Benjamin Zephaniah In the world of science this is the establishment, the Royal Institution is the home of the UK’s science community, but the person I’m meeting is anything but traditional. 28 year-old Jon Chase is on a mission to spread the scientific word in his own unique style. Jon Chase I think it’s important...
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Video 5 mins
Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?
Education & Development

Asexuality 101: Isn’t that for plants?

...community found its first major online hub in the form of David Jay’s Asexuality Visibility and Education Network (AVEN), the network is still going strong and provides resources and community. Since then the community has grown, adopted a symbol (a black ring worn on the right-hand middle finger), had our first Pride Parade entry (in San Francisco, 2009), created a...
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Article 10 mins
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...la-Chapelle (Aachen) in 1818. After the publication of the essays and his later plan for communities, many other prominent figures in politics, the churches and reforming circles were also willing to give Owen's views a hearing, though whether or not this was a commitment to action seemed to be one of the questions Owen consistently refused to address...Robert Owen and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...communities that support it are today. Many of those who have worked over the years to develop feature-rich applications and enterprise ready systems, that not only compare to, but exceed proprietary options, must feel like pinching themselves. [Door outside in the woods] You can open some things, but it doesn't always mean there's any value to it Long gone are the...
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Article 5 mins
Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?
Languages

Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?

...communication. English dominates all formal communications in the spheres of education, the judiciary, politics and government. The official status of Swahili is more symbolic than functional, mainly because of Uganda’s association with regional intergovernmental body the East African Community. Swahili features on Ugandan shilling notes and notices in courts of law....
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