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Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...prompted to flower? CP: That’s right, the spring temperatures are driving the flowering in the opposite direction from the winter temperatures, so the overall observation over the 46 years is the combination of these two opposing drivers. So when you’ve got warm winters and warm springs the warming winter is causing them to delay, they’re waiting around for it to be...
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Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...prompts should help you to identify key ethical issues that you need to bear in mind when undertaking research in such settings. 1. Imagine you are a potential participant. Think about the questions and concerns that you might have: How would you feel if a researcher sat in your space and took notes, completed a checklist, or made an audio or film recording? What harm...
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Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...prompts we used with our participants. We also conducted what we called a bilateral focus group, interviewing each other using the same questions posed to the mothers in our study. These reflections became vignettes, narrative snapshots capturing emotional and analytical relevance to depth. In Mothering at the Margins, these vignettes introduce the themes revealed in our...
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Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...concept as soon as possible in your Italian studies. Nouns and their gender When learning a foreign language for the first time, you will become familiar with simple grammatical terms such as ‘noun’, ‘verb’, ‘adjective’ and so on. People, animals, objects and abstract concepts are all nouns. All Italian nouns – not just people and animals – have a gender;...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...prompts, using c’è and ci sono as appropriate. Listen to the prompt and use it to ask for information about trains, using c’è or ci sono as appropriate. Esempio You hear: (Vercelli, this morning) You say: Scusi, c’è un treno per Vercelli stamattina? Now it’s your turn. 1. (Aosta, tomorrow evening) Scusi, c’è un treno per Aosta domani sera? 2. (Rome, tomorrow...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...concepts in more depth. All my own work: exploring academic integrity is divided into three main sessions. In the list below, you’ll see the suggested amount of time needed for each. Session 1: Exploring the concepts of ethics, trust and academic community, i.e. the ‘why’ behind the importance of producing your own work. You will cover the following topics: What is...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...concept of ‘attachment’. His interest in theorising attachment came about because of his involvement through case work and research with children who had mental health problems or were involved in criminality; so-called ‘juvenile delinquents’, to use a term in common use at the time. He recognised a common theme in the life histories of these children; that they...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic

...de-valued: care work, cleaning, nursing, to be re-labelled as ‘essential’ during the pandemic. You will explore the interaction of theoretical lenses and the practical work of artists, through the intersectional feminist exhibition ‘This Is Essential Work’ which explores different aspects of domestic care work during the pandemic. Essential for what? ‘‘The...
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