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Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...English word ‘religion’. However, their world was populated by numerous figures they both recognised and worshipped as divinities. Among these figures was Amphiaraos, an ancient Greek hero who was later worshipped as a god and popularly associated with healing through the medium of dreams. But there was no sacred book (like those which exist in many religions today)...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...everyday interactions and early on, children display favouritism towards those who share the same or similar social identities. In-group bias means favouring people who look like us or who are like us in other ways, showing in-group rather than out-group preferences. Can we argue then that white children showing a preference towards children of their own race is merely an...
Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...English discovery of Barbados occurred in 1625 and it was settled in 1627. I use ‘discover’ in the context of England discovering the island, as opposed to it being discovered as an island. Despite evidence of indigenous populations having been present in Barbados in the past, including Caribs and Arawaks, a visit by the Portuguese in 1536 confirmed the island...
Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...English, we are Scouse.'] In a discussion broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012, Richard Holt, Tony Collins and Mike Cronin, who are all professors and historians of sport, made a strong case that the history of sport and the social and cultural importance of sport deserve study, just as much as, for instance, the history of religion. Cronin argues that sport is: the third...
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...English sentences into Spanish. [Simultaneous translators at the International Transport Forum’s 2015 Summit on “Transport, Trade and Tourism” in Leipzig, Germany on 27 May 2015.] Simultaneous translators at the International Transport Forum%u2019s 2015 Summit on %u201CTransport, Trade and Tourism%u201D in Leipzig, Germany on 27 May 2015. Let’s unpick what she did...
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...English sounds ‘sh’ and ‘ck’. Hören Sie und sprechen Sie nach. ich – mich – dich ➜ Ich trinke Milch. ➜ Trinkst du Milch? ➜ Ja, Milch für mich. ➜ Und für dich? ➜ Ich trinke nichts. ➜ Nimmst du ein Brötchen? ➜ Natürlich! ➜ Isst du gern griechisch? ➜ Nein, überhaupt nicht. ➜ Aber ich esse sehr gern chinesisch. ➜ Audio 7...Beginners'...
A journey through two Englands
History & The Arts

A journey through two Englands

...English life, enough of English labors in town and country, enough aspects of earth and sky, to make episodes for a modern Odyssey. Suppose only that his journey took him through that central plain, watered at one extremity by the Avon, at the other by the Trent. As the morning silvered the meadows with their long lines of bushy willows marking the water-courses, or...
Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...English lessons, in projects and in cross curricula and extra curricula contexts – pleasurable. But in order to foster reading for pleasure in schools, homes and community contexts, conceptual clarity is essential, alongside awareness of the subtle differences between reading for pleasure, pleasure in reading and their synergies. Children and young people’s...