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Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman
History & The Arts

Betty Luckham: celebrating the activism of a pioneering Windrush woman

...care for relatives of her mother who were in poor health. [This is a map of Guyana] Map showing the location of Guyana At 18, Betty entered the world of work, beginning in the Department of Transport and Harbours before joining the civil service in the Housing and Planning Authority. Here she took on the role of Women’s Housing Officer, interviewing families, and...
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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...adult literacy seem to highlight the connection between economic development and low adult literacy rates. [Described image] (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2014) Figure 1 World youth literacy map However, we also noted that, as indicated by Leach (2014), developing literacy for all in an empowering way and for social betterment is not a straightforward, unproblematic...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway

...adults in Norway. Skolebrod is a small cake with vanilla cream, powdered sugar and coconut. My special treat when I'm visiting Norway is skolebrød with afternoon coffee! Image: roboppy under Creative Commons license Lefse Lefse is a traditional soft, Norwegian flatbread made from potato, milk or cream and flour. It’s cooked on a griddle with special long turning sticks...
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Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...Care courses and qualifications. I have been working in the realms of everyday community creativity and diversity for a while now. When I began to experience symptoms 16 years ago, I found myself needing new strategies and knowledge in order to improve my experience of daily life. At first it did not occur to me to connect my creative practice (largely singing) with this...
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Do dogs want to go to heaven?
History & The Arts

Do dogs want to go to heaven?

...caring relationships will be with us again in whatever afterlife we hope to achieve. Judging by responses to internet searches, dogs seem to be of most concern when people wonder about animal futures. Searching for “do dogs go to heaven?” returns more results than the same question about cats, horses, snakes, spiders, llamas, budgies or tortoises. There again, some...
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The house doesn't always win
Digital & Computing

The house doesn't always win

...careful. Buy from big brands and read the reviews, then make sure that you apply any updates as soon as they become available. So it’s time to get used to a world where you might have to wait a few minutes whilst your lightbulb updates its software before you can turn it on. And if you don’t want an internet connected home – that’s fine too; don’t feel forced to...
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Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

...adults (age 16+) and children (age 5-16) by ethnicity and the data is presented on pages 5 and 8 here. These figures are not something new as Sport England (2020) state that these differences in levels of activity in adults from different ethnic backgrounds have been a consistent trait of Sport England surveys since 2005. When looking at the data on both figures, the...
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Article 15 mins
Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?

...care and some people may require hospital care without being infected by Covid-19. Also, some people in the population will become sick with different conditions without requiring hospitalisation and recover on their own. There are deaths from Covid-19 complications and capacity stretch as well as health needs that are not related to Covid-19 but will be impacted because...
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