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From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator
Health, Sports & Psychology

From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator

...determined to get through it. At last, my dream had come true. The Open University provided me with the opportunity to study to become a nurse, which I never thought was possible. The brick university route of education is expensive and this was never going to be an option for me. A more practical route of learning suited my personal needs, allowed me to study and I had...
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Article 5 mins
Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society

...determined to succeed and she assumes that any failure to progress is her own fault, because she isn't working hard enough. This might sound like the beginning of a celebrity success story. In this case, however, Walkerdine suggests it's the story of someone who blames herself when the problems lie elsewhere, taking her whole work experience as her individual...
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Article 10 mins
Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vitality Netball World Cup 2023 – what’s it all about and who is going to win?

...determine which group they go into for the second stage. After the second stage the team are ranked from 1 to 16 with the top four ranked teams playing in semi-finals for a final place. The other 12 teams will enter play offs for places to be ranked from 5-16. There is British interest in this World Cup with teams representing three nations – England, Scotland, and...
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A difficult conversation to have about racism
Education & Development

A difficult conversation to have about racism

...determine the future of your loved ones. Please know that you are raising incredibly strong kings and queens that are paving the path to change. To my 7 year old self: You will advocate for Black Lives Matter. If you can inspire at least one person to initiate, challenge or change the narrative, you will be a part of something bigger. And remember, they didn’t deserve...
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Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...determining the orbits of the newly discovered planets Uranus and Neptune; to generating accurate maps and navigational charts needed for the expanding global economy; through to the tables of logarithms, sines and cosines used by the engineers building the machines on which European prosperity was based. Such was the demand that there were not enough mathematicians to...
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Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...determination of fetal protein levels spina bifida ultrasonography organ abnormalities of nervous system, kidneys, heart, gut and limbs fetoscopy organ and limb abnormalities, skin disorders, blood disorders amniocentesis: karyotype analysis Down's syndrome DNA studies many genetic disorders determination of fetal protein levels spina bifida chorionic villi sampling...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...determined to succeed. Arriving at the convent school was an eye opener. I was sixteen years old, quite a distance away from my family with all its traditions and customs. In the village, I knew everyone and they knew me but suddenly, I was in a convent school run by white Irish, Reverend Sisters. It was a steep learning curve and often I would yearn for home and all that...
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International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...determining factor in the neorealist theorising of scholars such as John Mearsheimer (2001) with its emphasis on the impact of land force in determining relations between great powers...International relations: exploring territorial divisions: 1.3 Great power competition in the age of empire - As an academic discipline, IR has had a preoccupation with the affairs of...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs