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Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen

...one year-old daughter and seduces a witness – who is referred to as “a child” and “the boy” by her colleagues – for information.[The Conversation] Suzie Gibson wrote a response to this piece on the pathologisation of assertive female sexuality. Read it now. This article was originally published on The Conversation in October 2014. Read the original article....
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‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem’: supporting someone living with a terminal diagnosis

...article, Hazel Carter shares her experience of what it was like after her husband, Alan, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND)...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. ‘Life’s good – it’s the disease that’s the problem.’ These are the words my husband said a lot when he was battling MND. We also used to...
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The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...et al. (eds.), ‘Dyestuffs in the 19th Century’, Chapter 12, A History of Technology, vol. V, p. 257, Oxford University Press, 1958. FURTHER GENERAL READING Here are some books and articles that you may want to try and get hold of: Barrow J. D., The Artful Universe, Oxford University Press, 1995 ISBN 0 1985 3996 7. A quite remarkable book that will change the way you...
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Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Education & Development

Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?

...et al., (2014) have shown readers benefit from being invited to participate in richly reciprocal and interactive reading communities, communities which include their teachers as readers. One of the challenges however, as our book highlights, is teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature. When 22% of 1200 primary phase teachers cannot or do not name a single...
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Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
Education & Development

Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal

...article, Professor Teresa Cremin considers how discovering children’s intrinsic motivation as readers can build reciprocal communities of readers...In countries where the language of schooling predominantly focuses on measurable and often oversimplified notions of attainment, children can come to be viewed and discussed in relation to their current standards of...
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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...article, Professor Teresa Cremin considers the long term aim of developing readers for life and challenges us to consider effective strategies and practices to genuinely achieve this...Are you seeking to build a vibrant community of readers in your classroom and/or school? If so, how will you know when you’ve achieved your goal? What are the key characteristics of such...
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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...articles (McIntyre et al., 2018; Richardson et al., 2017) both point to loneliness as a key factor in predicting anxiety, depression, stress and other mental health problems in student populations. It is important to point out that feelings of loneliness can occur even though the person does not appear to be isolated. Loneliness derives from a lack of meaningful and...
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Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s
History & The Arts

Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s

...article was adapted from the free online course Contemporary Wales. References Morris, N. (1998) ‘Projecting Wales’, Planet 126, December–January. Perrins, D. (2000) ‘This town ain’t big enough for the both of us’ in Blandford, S. (ed.) Wales on Screen, Bridgend, Seren. Evans, M (2002) 'Looking Forward, Looking Back' in Thomas, E. Selected Work, ’95 –...
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