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How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do I pitch an idea to a science editor?

...free to remind Do chase editors who haven’t responded to an email within 24 hours, but don’t overdo it. An editor will be glad to be reminded if they have genuinely forgotten something, but remember that they are dealing with many other stories. Email or phone call? Editors can get hundreds of emails a day so be mindful of this. Some prefer phone calls, especially if...
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Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...free. ​ Our 'Arts and Languages Access module' – designed to develop the key skills required for successful university study – is an ideal starting point. You will be introduced to a range of absorbing subjects to prepare you for a wide range of qualifications in the humanities, including: art history English literature English language studies history modern...
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London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...free circulation of air, patients labouring under chronic disorders cannoty with propriety be subjected to the same treatment, and a system of medical police which is essential ion the one case to prevent the spreading of the disease, becomes highly prejudicial in the other; besides, a greater prejudice prevails; and your Committee cannot consider it as unfounded, among...
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Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary

...but reading it might enable you to reflect further on O’Leary’s treatment of poetic form, nationalist themes and gender identity: Oh! Ireland, mother Ireland, is it true the tale they tell? That you shall reign a queen again; it makes my bosom swell With hope, and joy, and tenderness, to think of you ma stor Erect, triumphant, happy, free, as in the days of yore…...
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Identifying Values – Finding the Things that Matter the Most to You for the Way You Live and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Identifying Values – Finding the Things that Matter the Most to You for the Way You Live and Work

...free to add your own! It may help to think about what characteristics and ways of behaving make you feel good? What’s important to you in life? What career would you change to if there were no constraints? What inspires you? And think about what disappoints you and makes you angry (may show that you value the opposite)? What would you most like to change? Read the lists...
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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...course, but he was true to his responsibilities. He taught during the day and worked behind the bar in a pub at night. On Fridays he’d do the night shift in a bowling alley, 6pm until 6am. He’d sleep in the day and go back to do the overnight again on Saturday. Then a lunchtime shift in a pub on Sunday, a bit of rest, and back to school Monday morning. He didn’t see...
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Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...free school meals (FSM) and others, appear to have been aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic (Cole et al., 2022). Boys who received FSM in 2022 were the most likely to report that they never or rarely read; only 1 in 5 reported reading daily, a figure probably amplified by the social desirability bias common to all surveys. Placed alongside international concerns around...
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Queen Victoria on the Chartists
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on the Chartists

...course impressed one. Monday 4th September 1848 Reached Buckingham Place at half past one. After our luncheon, we saw Lord Lansdowne, to whom I spoke strongly this Italian question Then, saw Sir George Grey, who told us that the accounts of the state of London were very good; 64 Chartists are in prison, either awaiting their trial, or undergoing their sentence. Louis...
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