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Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...family or friends may give much enjoyment and can create treasured memories. Resuscitation decision In the same way that most women would like a ‘natural’ birth’, if asked, most people would like a ‘natural’ dignified death. So, an important conversation you need to have as part of your advance care planning is to talk about Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)...
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A brief history of Harlem
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of Harlem

...families from areas around the Tenderloin, San Juan Hill and Hell's Kitchen - leaving behind areas which had been the focus of anti-black riots in the early years of the century - and for families whose homes were being demolished to make way for Penn Station. As the families moved in, so businesses and churches followed. By 1920, central Harlem was predominantly black....
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Article 10 mins
Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...family upbringing, community, our faith, our traditions, our heritage, other ecological systems such as our society on a wider scale and their views on ‘loss’. I write this, not to give you ‘tips’ on how to ‘grieve’, but more to share my experience of bereavement and how the feelings of loss feel like for me and others and some of the key thoughts to consider....
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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...tree houses and caravans to deck out, as well as cushions, carpets and sofas to enrich classroom reading areas. These often-colourful spaces overtly indicate to parents, governors, Ofsted inspectors and the children that the school values reading. But is this institutional demonstration of community enough? In other ways too, with the best of intentions, schools can be...
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Article 10 mins
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...trees, etc. Label the features you have drawn. Add a scale, the approximate orientation, for example by marking west on the left and east on the right, and a title including information identifying the location. Once you have finished, compare your sketch with the one provided in the answer below. [Figure 16] Figure 16 A view of a coastal rock exposure about 10 m high....
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?

...trees as she walks on through them. She is wearing a white t-shirt and a black satchel over one shoulder. She is walking into a woodland area with dark trees.] The year 2020 was supposed to be the year when I got back into shape and did something for myself. I have worked for over 25 years, apart from maternity leave, and I decided I needed to make myself the priority and...
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Article 20 mins
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...Family circumstances, poverty, education, work, housing and environment all impact on our health to some extent. Public health has become ‘everybody’s business’ and is undertaken by a wide range of people, not just in the health sector but in other sectors too. It is both ‘multi-professional’ – involving professionals such as police, teachers, housing officers...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...family member, friend or colleague. Grief affects everyone in different ways. You’re likely to experience a range of emotions as you gradually come to terms with your loss. It's quite common for people to feel: Shock and numbness. Guilt about something you said or did not say, or not being able to prevent the death of your loved one. Tiredness or exhaustion. Anger –...
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Article 10 mins