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Reading communities
Education & Development

Reading communities

...and community members. In this film Dr Rachel Levy of the University of Sheffield draws on her own research to explore the barriers and motivations for shared reading in families. In this film Jon Biddle, winner of the Egmont/OU/UKLA experienced teacher award, and Professor Teresa Cremin discuss the importance of building reciprocal and interactive reading communities....
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Ramadan Mubarak!
History & The Arts

Ramadan Mubarak!

...students to study a film of a group of Muslim friends discussing Ramadan as they eat together. A significant focus of their conversation is the foods that they associate with Ramadan from their upbringing in different countries (Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq and India) and from their adaptation to living, working and studying in Britain. In various ways, they make the point that...
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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless

...becoming the first city to host both the summer and winter versions of the Olympic Games. The Games will run until 20th February and there will be 109 events in 15 disciplines covering 7 sports. These Winter Olympics are not without controversary. When the games were awarded to Beijing the former IOC President Jacques Rogge stated that staging the winter Games in China...
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Free online courses for refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Free online courses for refugees

...Student Finance guidance for refugees and asylum seekers. If you're a refugee or asylum seeker applying to higher education, there may be support available to help you with finance and your studies. Distance learning resources collated by Migrant Help. STAR (Student Action for Refugees) is the national network of students building a more understanding and just society...
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Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...student Stephen D in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat – who developed a remarkable sense of smell after a night on speed, cocaine, and PCP – was, in fact, an autobiographical account. His final book, On the Move, was the most honest, as he revealed he was gay, shy, and in his younger years, devastatingly handsome but somewhat troubled. A long way from the...
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Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation
Society, Politics & Law

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

...students. The Scottish media were also in attendance. The 2016 edition in the Poverty in Scotland series contains up to date data and information about many of the different dimensions of poverty and their impact in Scotland. Contributors focus on specific areas of poverty and consider some of the ways in which these can be addressed by policy. Here the emphasis on ‘the...
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Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Hope for UK nationals living abroad after Brexit

...students will have to start paying higher fees, and whether families could lose access to child benefits. Those working could be asked to apply a work permit of some form. Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which is one of the two main treaties establishing the European Union, states that every person holding the nationality of a member...
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COVID Chronicles from the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

COVID Chronicles from the Margins

...student, represents COVID19 quarantine with a photo called 'Anguish'. Fleeing political persecution, she recently moved to the UK with her family from Venezuela. This self-portrait provokes a profound sensation in the viewer as the troubled eyes stare out commanding our attention. The two hair colours suggest conflicting emotions – safety and danger, disease and health....
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