Health, Sports & Psychology
One question can change everything
UNICEF has teamed up with spoken word artist @clickfortaz, in support of adolescents living with a mental health condition. ...Transcript.
History & The Arts
World-Changing Women: Charlotte Maxeke
A rights activist against the exploitation that was prevalent in South Africa, Charlotte Maxeke was South Africa's first black female graduate and one of the first female freedom fighters. Find out more about her extraordinary story... Charlotte Maxeke 1874 - 1939 South Africa Activist [charlotte maxeke potrait] A portrait of Charlotte Maxeke South Africa was a...
History & The Arts
World-Changing Women: Queen Nzinga
Queen Nzinga managed to call a halt to Portuguese slave raids in her kingdom through clever tactics. Read about her legacy in this article... Queen Nzinga c.1581-1663 Modern-day Angola State Leadership [Queen Nzinga image] Drawing of Queen Nzinga In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, city states along the Central African coast began to be of interest...
History & The Arts
World-Changing Women: Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu worte the world's first novel, twice as long as War and Peace. Discover what is known about her life in this article... Murasaki Shikibu c.978 - c.1013? Japan Literature [Murasaki Shikibu image] Potrait of Murasaki Shikibu by Kano Takanobu According to the rules of Japanese court manners one thousand years ago, it was not considered polite to address...
History & The Arts
World-Changing Women: Manuela Sáenz
Manuela Sáenz fought to liberate her Lima and Peru from Spanish colonialism and rose to be a general in Bolivar's rebel army. Discover more about her extraordinary tale... Manuela Sáenz 1797 - 1856 South America Revolutionary Politics [Manuela Sáenz image] Portrait of Manuela Saenz. In the early nineteenth-century, South America witnessed a series of wars and...
Languages
Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?
...climate had changed yet again, and that swearing, along with depictions of violence, were now of increasing concern to audiences. Language with sexual or misogynistic connotations in particular was now felt to be less acceptable and thus in need of stricter regulation. As BBFC president Natasha Kaplinsky explained the situation: ‘Since we last asked people across the...
Health, Sports & Psychology
Lead and manage change in health and social care
Change is everywhere in health and social care work and can evoke a variety of emotions, from excitement and eager anticipation, to fear and outright hostility. In this free course, How to manage change in health and social care, you will explore the role of managers in the change process and the skills required for managing and leading change in health and social care...
History & The Arts
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
...change in the 1960s looks at the ‘crisis’ of traditional religion in the Sixties in the Western world. It explores the process of religious renewal, looking at the development of Wicca, the prototypical form of modern Paganism. Originally presented as a Goddess religion of great antiquity, which had survived the Roman invasion and Church persecution, Wicca is in fact...
Level 1: Introductory
3 hrs