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Clinton / Trump II: America comes off the loser
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump II: America comes off the loser

...class near-hysterical in their excitement. Normal political discourse was fully abandoned little more than 48 hours before the debate began, when a video emerged of Trump describing how stardom empowered him to sexually assault women with impunity. The ensuing political and media storm reached a fever pitch just an hour before the debate, when Trump staged a press...
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...classes in 2016-17 are obese (source: NHS) Advertising to children is widely regarded as ethically problematic. Young children cannot distinguish between advertising and editorial or entertainment content; and older children, even if they rationally understand the selling intent behind advertising, are often still subject to its emotional and unconscious influence. Junk...
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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...classes. The school is residential to enable girls to study in safety and security, without the pressures which can cause school dropout – heavy domestic labour in the family, the risks of daily travelling to school in a country where peace is not fully settled, and the risks of early or forced marriage. As the school is a community school its key focus is education...
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Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...class he would get students to place orders for beer according to a particular schedule. This game has become famous worldwide as an example of the difficulties of managing supply chains. What you’re able to do yourself is an online version of this game. We put you in the position of managing one of the tiers of the supply chain. In this case we’re not using beer,...
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How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Health, Sports & Psychology

How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri

...classes in the post-war period. There were several reasons for this. As Mark Singleton, yoga historian and senior research fellow at SOAS, pointed out, modern yoga practice has much in common with exercise methods such as Swedish and Danish gymnastic drills that were popular for women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Yoga also offered relief from what...
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Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland

...classed as a worker, with full access to employment rights like all other workers, and she replied that it would benefit her immensely to be able to have job security and to be able to join a union in order to advocate for themselves and to take collective action. When asked what improvements could be made if sex workers were recognised as workers with full labour rights,...
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Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...class 43 High Speed Trains (HSTs) now holds a place in Scotrail's fleet. Our training for these units seemed a bit of a whirlwind at first, with only one week of traction training and two weeks of train handling to master the air brake that was very new to so many of us. These trains had been built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982 and were first...
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Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...class of seven year olds. Note the comments made by the class teacher on how this activity enhances pupils’ learning. Click on 'view document' below to download Victorian role-play at Preston Manor View document The third account, Museums in the classroom, demonstrates the diverse range of activities and learning pathways that can arise when a school sets up a museum of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs