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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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Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...feedback from the interactive quizzes. What is a badge? Digital badges are a new way of demonstrating online that you have gained a skill. Schools, colleges and universities are working with employers and other organisations to develop open badges that help learners gain recognition for their skills, and support employers to identify the right candidate for a job. Badges...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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
Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability

...class where everyone’s the same, you might have disability specific bits that are more relevant for you and bits that aren’t relevant for you, but actually if it’s inclusive for everyone, why not. I’m Lucy, I’m from Essex and I have a rare form of mitochondrial disease which has caused various complex medical needs and multiple organ failure, and I live at home...
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What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...feedback about the impacts of behaviour – on outcomes like our health, personal finances, the wellbeing of others, or the environment – and then hoping that enlightened citizens will do the rest. But this ‘ABC’ model of behaviour change (Attitudes->Behaviour->Change) model has come under criticism because, in reality, we often see a gap between what people think...
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Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...feedback loop here too, because I want to keep learning from my GSRD readers. I’m currently starting work on a second edition of Rewriting the Rules and I’ll be conducting survey and focus group discussion research to find out what readers found useful - and less so - to inform how I edit the book. Finally, moving around to the bottom right, my self-help is also...
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Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution

...feedback). Workers were more mobile as well, so that special skills could be traded over a much bigger area than before. However, the larger estuaries provoked problems, especially by their size or the height of the surrounding country. The Forth and Tay estuaries in particular, proved to be substantial obstacles to the network, especially if lines from Edinburgh to the...
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