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What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...children’s thinking and their concerns, there’s a lot to be said for creative play. This article explores the benefits and gives some top tips for creativity...[crayons with a young person drawing in the background] We all have the capacity to be creative, but we sometimes need a nudge in the right direction to spark an idea. Imagination is key – a stick can become...
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How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived
Health, Sports & Psychology

How race, gender, age and class affects the way people are perceived

...research evidence, including: 1. ‘There’s evidence that working-class boys might be disadvantaged in the school system.’ 2. ‘Certain groups are more likely to be stopped and searched by the police.’ 3. ‘It’s a popular myth that self-harm only affects teenage girls.’ 4. ‘Doctors are more likely to diagnose women as depressed and refer them to...
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From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...researchers in the World, the project turned out to be a failure. According to legend, one high-profile demonstration translated the English phrase: "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” into Russian and then back into English to produce: "the vodka is good, but the meat is rotten”. One of highest profile failures of this first wave of AI lay the perceptron....
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Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) National Centre for Scientific Research, France. participant RH: So this is Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Where are you from? JPG: Villefranche-sur-Mer. RH: Jean-Pierre, what sort of a state are the oceans in as result of our CO2 emissions? JPG: The CO2 emissions trigger two major changes, that is the warming of the water because...
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The abolition of capital punishment
Society, Politics & Law

The abolition of capital punishment

...Centre for Law at The Open University, Professor Barbara Hudson, Director of the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Central Lancashire, and Dr. Nigel Warburton, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at The Open University, explore some of the fundamental issues underpinning our attitudes to this most severe of punishments. The...
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What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Royal Assent - and why don't laws come into force straight away?

...Children Act received Royal Assent. The Children Act aimed to offer greater protection to children. The main principles of the Act are to make children's welfare a priority; to guarantee the principle that children are best brought up within their families wherever possible; to ensure that local authorities can provide services for children and ......
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Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...children’s intelligence at age 11, as something fixed and entire educational futures were decided on the results of just one exam. With the introduction of comprehensive education, this was abolished and now every pupil had access to a post-primary education. This meant that education could be more inclusive, as children were no longer segregated by an unfair exam. A...
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A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...Centre for Languages and Cultures is encouraging and promoting the study of languages in the UK...In July 2015, the London Centre for Languages and Cultures hosted a Colloquium: “A Future for Languages in Schools?” Representatives from schools, universities, government, and language organisations discussed the serious issue facing modern foreign languages as a...
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