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History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...Scotland Figure 15 Australian soldiers resting on their way to the Front, September 1917 For those whom the war took overseas, keeping close ties with home was a crucial part of maintaining morale – and sanity. The most convenient way of doing this was through the exchange of letters and parcels. By 1917, the British Army was sending almost 9 million letters a week from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...Scotland, who has written widely on poverty. Gerry Mooney: Language matters. Because how you define a problem, how you construct a problem, the language that you use will determine what policies you end up with as a government and what we are seeing is an increasingly punitive approach to people who are experiencing poverty. Geoff Andrews: You’re listening to a podcast...
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Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...Scotland and Northern Ireland, which increasingly had (and continue to have) legislative power in areas relating to work with young people. Key policy drivers in partnership working in the field of work with young people in these years included work done by the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU)...Partnerships and networks in work with young people: 2.2 Young people and social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...Scotland and Northern Ireland. Governments within the UK have become increasingly devolved, with local decisions being made about issues such as education or health provision, and this means that work with young people sometimes varies in emphasis within these different nations. Thirdly, work with young people changes over time. This might be due to different expectations...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...Scotland The parents and carers who attended ‘stay and play’ sessions at a nursery in Scotland clearly felt that their children gained a great deal from the sessions, as the following comments show: ‘He gets to meet new friends and be around babies of similar ages, and just gets used to being around other children; also the things with the different shapes and music...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...Scotland has been founded to help people explore and visualise peace. Their website notes that: We aspire to peace, we idealise it – but we don’t spend as much time exploring and reflecting on it as we do with war. The website has much to explore, but for now you may find it helpful to explore the section Pockets of Peace, an idea that might be useful as you and your...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...Scotland and the south of Ireland. The result of that campaign would be the provisions set out in the 2020 New Decade New Approach Agreement, and that draft legislation being brought through Westminster via the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022. For the first time in the history of the northern state the Irish language will be afforded an element of...
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Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...Scotland, United Kingdom, British Isles. And that was part of the – the inspiration for the book actually – that long held feeling of trying to explain the difference, because if you say a country is a place with a seat at the United Nations then the UK is a country but England isn't because England only has access to the UN through the UK seat and yet we’ve got a...
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