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Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...Family Centre (Medhurst, 2014). She interviewed the boys’ mother, family worker and new nursery worker, and found that pre-transition visits to the nursery with the boys and their family worker, had been valuable opportunities to listen to their needs and interests, to build continuity and address concerns. To extend their listening further the collective group also...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...family’s estate, matched the ponderings of the author. Like Linda, Mitford and her five sisters were Bright Young Things of the 1920s (men and women of the upper and upper-middle classes who came of age during or just after the First World War and enjoyed a bohemian and carefree lifestyle), who subsequently became deeply embroiled in the political polarisations of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Meetings with a polite Opium Eater: Charles Knight on Thomas De Quincey
History & The Arts

Meetings with a polite Opium Eater: Charles Knight on Thomas De Quincey

...family were in the country in the summer of 1825, when he was staying at my house in Pall Mall East. A friend or two had met him at dinner, and I had walked part of the way home with one of them. When I returned, I tapped at his chamber-door to bid him good night. He was sitting at the open window, habited as a prize-fighter when he enters the ring. "You will take cold,"...
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The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...families from realizing their dreams. Senator Rubio said it most clearly: if we don’t address these issues directly, the next generation is destined to have a lower standard of living than their parents. So the good news in tonight’s debate, indeed in this campaign, is that the American public is being heard. Candidates are getting the message that the next president...
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The ISIS winter: The environmental impact of Middle East conflict
Nature & Environment

The ISIS winter: The environmental impact of Middle East conflict

...families and chronic disease patients have been affected the most, as health problems also mean more economic burdens. There were reports of suffocations, respiratory problems, rashes and an increase in allergy cases. Worst-hit is Hamrin Hills, an area in northeastern Iraq that extends from Diyala, east of the capital Baghdad, to the northern city of Kirkuk, where two...
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How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...family, friends or neighbours had risen to about 9 million people (1 in 7 of us), saving the UK £132 billion a yearIn contrast to their relative invisibility, the statistics about carers are harder to ignore. Even before the pandemic hit, the number of those providing unpaid care for family, friends or neighbours had risen to about 9 million people (1 in 7 of us), saving...
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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...family and, increasingly, from the media. In England from the late 19th century, a number of sex education publications were produced, mainly aimed at helping parents to enlighten their children. However, in school, little formal school sex education took place before the Second World War. What there was often took place in the context of ‘hygiene’. There are...
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Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview
Education & Development

Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview

...family member, friend or colleague to read your proposal for clarity. [Feedback process - reflect, write, read, revise, ask for feedback] Use these links to read a sample research proposal, and open access guidance from other universities. Sample research proposal Sydney University/ How to write a research proposal for a strong PhD application Find A PhD/How to write a...
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