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Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...class people who don't understand the economic situations of those whose livelihood depends on a particular industry. Take the fishing industry for example. Fishing quotas are seen by environmentalists as a chance for regeneration of fishing stock, whereas the fishing folk see it as unemployment and an economic decline in the local area. This particular issue is revisited...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions
History & The Arts

Ireland cycling history: whizzing in all directions

...de France were held in Munster and Leinster, partly to mark the bicentenary of the 1798 Rebellion. One of the stages of the 1998 Tour was routed through Carrick-on-Suir, the home town of Sean Kelly, in recognition of that rider's achievements on the international racing stage in the 1980s, when, for several years, he was ranked as the world's best cyclist. The 1980s also...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
Languages

Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...de Jong in trying to understand how participants identify as ‘insiders’ or ‘outsiders’...[The word 'Outsiders' spray-painted on a wall] My research participants and I definitely had one thing in common: we managed to turn our disadvantage into an advantage. My imperfect German and newcomer status in Austria became an effective interview icebreaker. Their...
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Article 5 mins
On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...de Klerk were forced to the negotiating table, the ANC was unbanned and Nelson Mandela, now the symbol of the liberation struggle, was freed. The prisoner became the president. Our part in this struggle was small but heartfelt. As teenagers in the late 1960s, we joined the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Southampton. We held meetings, raised petitions, marched and leafleted,...
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Article 10 mins
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...classes, particularly those in factories. What was more radical was the solution. This was founded on the belief that moral reform could only come through reform of the environment. Give the workforce better conditions and they will behave better. In the first decade of his time at New Lanark Owen instituted many radical reforms. Jim Arnold (Director, New Lanark...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...De-la-Calle-Durán and Rodríguez-Sánchez’s (2021) review of 148 employee engagement and wellbeing studies, identified five main drivers of engagement that also lead to wellbeing, within the current pandemic context: conciliation, cultivation, confidence, compensation, and communication. Questioning current practices, and asking employees what each of these mean to...
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Article 10 mins
Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...la vuelta al cole”: millions of youngsters returning to school, or for some at the age of three, suffering their first experience of classrooms and education. The costs of providing returning and new students with the texts they will need to complete the 2016 curricula in the public and other state assisted schools preoccupies the Spanish electorate at the start of each...
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Article 5 mins
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...de la Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France/Archives Charmet/Bridgeman Images. In the Enlightenment, beginning in the late seventeenth century, scholars expanded their field of study to cover biology, chemistry and the ‘science of man’, exploring how the mind worked and how people interacted in different societies. The overall goal of Enlightenment thinkers was the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs