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We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover
History & The Arts

We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover

...children and adults. Judging books by their covers This negative reaction to a book cover is not without precedent: in 2012 Faber drew flak for reissuing Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar with a “chick-lit” cover depicting a woman fixing her make-up. Plath’s readers took issue with what they saw as the trivialisation of a novel about a woman’s descent into mental...
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Article 10 mins
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...research on the ways in which historical, political and cultural power relations are associated with emotions and perceptions that people resort to in relation to national flags. Taking into account imperial histories and devolving struggles, these range between egalitarianism and dominance, openness and tolerance, nationalism and patriotism, dissensus and collectivism....
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...research data from a perspective that promotes Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). It offers some pointers to researchers in any field...‘There are always vacancies: there are always roads not taken, vistas not acknowledged. The search must be ongoing; the end can never be quite known’ (Greene, 2000, p. 15). Data analysis is an essential part of any research...
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Article 15 mins
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...research evidence, neuroscience mainly, to objectify the role of parent in raising children and maximising opportunities for social advancement and social mobility. As such, good parenting is through to compensate for social and economic disadvantage. New Labour’s and the coalition government’s stance of what the parents do and not who they are matters, has introduced...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...Centre (2021) stated there are four key potential harms for children using the internet: commercialism, contact from bullies or groomers, inappropriate content and personal conduct where children may share too much online. Depending on the way that you introduce online learning, you may consider utilising classroom tools for example, lock screens and website content...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...centres run by the R.S.P.C.A. and R.S.P.B. Over 2,000 were moribund, leaving 5,811 which were cleaned (R.S.P.C.A. 1967). Although very little hope could be held out for these birds, the Wildfowl Trust offered to take some from the overcrowded centres in Cornwall and attempt to rehabilitate them, gleaning as much information as possible from their day to day management and...
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Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...research groups and centres if those have a focus that interests you. Another useful approach is to find conferences related to your interests (British Psychological Society Section websites can be useful) then follow up the names of presenters. If you already have a university in mind, you will need to check whether your proposed research fits into its psychology...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...children chances that their parents had never had - to carry their education on (if they passed the examination) into grammar school and even to university. It would open up opportunities for jobs, homes and lifestyles that the working-class parents of these children had only dreamed of. Another nine major pieces of legislation were passed with strong support across the...
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