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What impact are tighter immigration restrictions having on the UK's curry houses?
Money & Business

What impact are tighter immigration restrictions having on the UK's curry houses?

...history of colonialism and migration has made the “British Curry” a popular national dish. As the author Panikos Panayai explains, decades of residing in Britain has inevitably changed the tastes and eating practices of many British Asian communities – whose connection with traditional foods has become increasingly tenuous. In his book Spicing Up Britain: The...
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Can we be categorised by our DNA?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can we be categorised by our DNA?

...history, genetics, and appearance. In between, geographical features such as the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea have shaped the human history, but it could not keep them isolated. In this animated video, we provide a simple analogy to explain this continuity. While we think of colours as distinct, and assign them different labels such as red, green and blue, we look at...
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Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...history programming has transformed over the last few decades, and the challenges it faces today and moving forward into the future...Caroline Underwood Caroline is an independent, executive producer and wildlife film consultant. For more than three decades, she has produced, directed and written for Canadian television, including award-winning documentary series and...
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Video 30 mins
It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Society, Politics & Law

It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name

...family also are, I found it hard to believe that he changed his name. Sikhs are very proud of their heritage and this is something I could not get my head around, so I asked some questions that I felt that I needed to. Jas began by telling me that everyone at his workplace called him Dave, and that he didn’t mind as the money was good. I could not help thinking that...
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Article 10 mins
Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss

...familial experiences and the way a society expects people to grieve and respond to loss. Based on my own experience as a therapist, researcher and based on my own and others’ experience, responses to grief are many and include: Shock Numbness Hopelessness Heartbreak Guilt Sadness Exhaustion Loss of appetite Confusion Anxiety Loneliness This list is not exhaustive but...
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What do you really know about autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do you really know about autism?

...the image to begin... Our badged course To learn more about autism, its history of diagnosis, and contemporary cross-cultural issues, consider taking our badged open course, Understanding autism. The course comprises approximately 24 hours of study. A brief overview If you're looking for something shorter right now, you may be interested in these introductory articles:...
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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
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...family of Tiberius – see the family tree in Wells, pp. 64–5) claimed power by descent and thus it generally assisted and justified their own position to celebrate Augustus and his achievements. To a degree this was true not just of the Julio-Claudians but all subsequent emperors. This is not to say that Augustus was above criticism in the centuries that followed his...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs