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The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...hate crime England and Wales Scotland The hunger strike that shone international attention on Germany’s failure to recognise the Roma as victims of the Nazis The new Czech Roma memorial Lety U Písku Woolford, A. and Wolejszo S. (2006) 'Collecting on Moral Debts: Reparations for the Holocaust and Pořajmos', Law & Society Review, 40(4), pp. 871–901. Explore more...
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What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...attention was paid to institutional shareholders, who were encouraged to play a more active role in the companies in which they invest. Recent years have seen substantial swings in overall activity. In the first half of 2016, activist investors launched 75 campaigns compared with 81 campaigns in the first half of 2015. The highest growth was recorded between 2011 when...
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Article 10 mins
Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...attention while on their study journey. Many are working full-time – and some are studying at full-time intensity as well as having caring responsibilities at home. We also know that a higher-than-average percentage of students on A227 (38% this year) have declared one or more disabilities. Taken together, these issues raised two key questions for the department: What...
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Article 25 mins
Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyscalculia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, various mental health issues such as depression, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety issues, acquired memory losses, Tourette’s and other neurominorities. Rooted in the social model of disability, neurodiversity sees disability as entrenched in society rather than the individual,...
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Article 10 mins
Dance skills
Education & Development

Dance skills

...attention away from raising the core body temperature by 1 or 2 degrees and increasing the heart rate enough to perspire. Movements might include: walks gradually increasing in speed to a small run; shoulder rolls, arm circles and simple stretches of the torso and arms; gentle flexions (extreme flexions should be avoided in warm-up activities), extensions and rotation of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...attention to the venture. The ascents constituted a spectacle in themselves, drawing the attention of passers-by within the Gardens as well as providing the passengers with an exciting new experience — Mayhew noted “a multitude of upturned faces” as he ascended. As Richard Holmes notes, the cultural associations of the balloon changed in the 1830s, from the...
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Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...attention to the context and the motivating influence of friends, peers, parents and teachers (e.g., Cremin et al, 2014; McGeown et al, 2020). These perspectives on young people’s reasons for reading highlight, for example, that external reasons for reading are often linked to a reader’s desire for rewards and recognition. Internal reasons for reading can be linked to...
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Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...attention to the texts we read can only enhance our understanding, and this in turn can increase our pleasure in reading. In this course I will concentrate largely on introducing you to the various elements that make up a fictional narrative; the events that make up a story and how they are arranged (the plot); the perspectives from which stories can be narrated; the act...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs