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STiP@50 Celebrations
Society, Politics & Law

STiP@50 Celebrations

...De Montfort University Second-order perspectives on learning and practice under complex conditions May 25: Glenda Eoyang, Human Systems Dynamics Institute (Minnesota, USA) Scale-free dissemination: local behaviours to systemic results June 22: Mike Jackson (Hull) Systems Thinking and Practice: What has been done and what needs doing. July 27: Sharon Pollard, Association...
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Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...with philosophy”. Transcript References Hobbes, Thomas. (2017 [1651]). Leviathan. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Spinoza, Benedictus de. (2016 [1670]). “Theological-Political Treatise”, in The Collected Works of Spinoza. Volume II, trans. Edwin Curley. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Discover more articles like this Study a free course on human rights and politics...
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How can we improve teaching about Islam?
Education & Development

How can we improve teaching about Islam?

...de los Juegos, commissioned by Alphonse X of Castile in the 13th century There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women are oppressed. Popular films like “American Sniper” reduce places like Iraq to dusty war zones, devoid of any culture or history. Fears and...
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Tarddiad Celtaidd yr iaith Gymraeg
Education & Development

Tarddiad Celtaidd yr iaith Gymraeg

...de, y gorllewin a’r gogledd, gan ehangu eu teyrnasoedd a chreu holltau rhwng siaradwyr y Frythoneg. [Dyma fap o ogledd-orllewin Ewrop, gyda saethau’n dangos symudiad o ogledd yr Almaen a Denmarc heddiw i Northymbria a Mersia (yr Eingl), Dwyrain Anglia (y Sacsoniaid) a Wessex (y Jiwtiaid). ] Dyma fap o ogledd-orllewin Ewrop, gyda saethau’n dangos symudiad o ogledd yr...
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Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...de-personalizing of complex issues. This results in overt generalisations, reductionism, a lack of depth, and more recently, a global populist political backlash. [The Audio Booth; Photo Credit: Lucia Scazzocchio. All rights reserved.] The Audio Booth; Photo Credit: Lucia Scazzocchio. All rights reserved. Following the European Referendum in Britain, for example, the...
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History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...de Sévigné’s letters with Byron’s verse: ‘I do not admire “Madame de Sévigné’s letters,” though the French is excellent [...] yet the sentiment is not novel […] the last Canto of “Childe Harold” (certainly much superior to the others) has delighted me more than I can express. The description of the waterfall is the most exquisite piece of poetry that...
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Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...de la francophonie, 2018). Do any of them surprise you? Over 300 million people around the world speak French. France is the most-visited country in the world, with 75 million tourists every year. Toulouse and Montreal are among the world’s leading cities in aerospace technology. French film production is the second-largest in the world, producing 500 films per year. In...
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Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...de-mythises the game. There is less room now for ongoing controversy of that kind which in some ways you know feeds into the literature, the mythology of the game. There is a lot of unnecessary speculation, pre-match post match often trivial analyses I think. I don’t think the game is best served by its commentators and as I said I think there is far too much of it. I...
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