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An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...adults in the UK who use British Sign Language (BSL), along with an estimated 20,000 children. Reports of sign language in the UK go as far back as 1570 when it was used in secular communities. Its popularity has grown exponentially over the years and now there are thousands of non-deaf people in the UK who can use BSL. Until the 1940’s sign language would be passed on...
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How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...adults. Smith’s report isn’t a report exclusively about child sexual abuse: indeed, a majority of Savile’s BBC victims were legally adults. However, that they were over the age of consent is immaterial: they did not consent. Fast forward four years to the day the report was released. The Mail Online, anticipating the report, ran with a headline: “Damning Jimmy...
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Article 5 mins
The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...adults, rather than tools or technology, that were the key to transforming children’s learning experience. It is a principle that continues to inspire current literacy and media literacy students. His three key books – In Search of Mind, Actual Minds, Possible Worlds and Acts of Meaning – offered an alternative account of how the human mind works. According to...
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Article 10 mins
Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...adults does not necessarily result in the improved psychological well-being of sexual minority young people. Given the continuing negative portrayal of sexual minority people, that few countries fully protect the rights of LGB people, and that young people can’t leave difficult social environments in the same way that adults can, it is not surprising that many LGB youth...
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Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Education & Development

Are we taking the fun out of reading?

...adult’s lap or in a stroller. And wherever toddlers and preschoolers got to touch books, baby wipes and hand sanitizers never seemed far away. Did these adults think the literacy bug is a germ? These observations provide evidence that a discourse about the importance of early reading for children’s schools success is readily available and imbues contemporary...
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Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...adults spend most of their adult lives and form working relationships and create enduring friendships. Many work processes involve trust, from negotiation to sales, management and coaching, job interviews and teamwork. A lack of trust can create significant problems for organisations in employee relations, attracting talent, forming alliances and partnerships and consumer...
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Article 10 mins
Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...care services. The more that we understand the stereotypes and prejudice that underpin ageism and age discrimination, the more that we can ensure that everybody is treated with respect, dignity and empowered within our communities. Your participation today is part of a much bigger movement, a movement to understand ageism and age discrimination and ensure that people of...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...adults sharing a house and Tomos, at four, is beginning to play his parents and grandparent off against each other. Siân has decided to go back to work full time now that Tomos is moving on from preschool into mainstream schooling. Mali has been a very clingy baby and Siân is worried about how she will cope with being away from ‘Mummy’ and going into day care. Tomos...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs