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Sociology Film Club

ShortCutsTV

A couple of years ago – November 2022 to be precise – we launched the Psychology Film Club as a way of offering our complete Psychology library of films to schools and colleges at a reasonable and affordable subscription rate (£25 a year or roughly 50p a week for access to what is currently 50+ […]

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12 0ctober: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the London School of Medicine for Women: 3 talks and document display

Women's History Network

Pascal Theatre Company announces 3 talks and document display on Saturday 12 0ctober 10-1.00pm: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the London School of Medicine for Women: Talks by Claire Brock, Mary Chapman and Victoria Rea at The London Archives. Organised in collaboration with Claire Brock and The London Archives.

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Is ‘Crisis’ Thinking About Youth Mental Health Doing More Harm Than Good?

ED Surge

Crisis. Fatalistic. Overwhelming. That’s how some experts say the current national conversation about youth mental health is framed — and counter to its goal, that lens is hurting the ability to find solutions that help adolescents better weather mental health struggles. They spoke during a media briefing on youth mental health organized by the FrameWorks Institute, a nonprofit that studies how people think about social issues.

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Bias in Teaching: Examining Racialized Imaginations

Heinemann Blog

Lorena Germán discusses the racial silence in stories as a bias we need to address, and invites us to interrogate our imaginations. Part one of three.

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Super Typhoon Yagi

O-Level Geography

Super Typhoon caused much damage to the Phillippines and China in Sept 2024. Why does climate change cause more frequent and intense typhoons? What are the impacts of the typhoon?

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Engaging Students with Studies Weekly | Teacher Testimonial

Studies Weekly

Engaging Students with Studies Weekly | Teacher Testimonial Sep 06, 2024 Video Transcript Speaker: Elizabeth Spasiano, 3rd Grade Teacher, NJ Elizabeth Spasiano: The reasons that I love using Social Studies Weekly as the teacher are really three-fold. Number 1: it’s very easy. The Teacher’s Guide lays everything out for you. It shows you where you can concentrate on vocabulary, the overreaching theme, comprehension questions, higher-level thinking, and also through the Teacher’s Guide, you

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Talk: MEDICAL SCIENCE IN THE WORKS OF MARY SHELLEY: BEYOND FRANKENSTEIN, INSIDE LONDON, BELOW THE SURFACE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY SOCIETY’ BY BETHANY BRIGHAM

Women's History Network

Pascal Theatre Company announces a free talk on TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 6.00pm-7.00pm at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre Bethany Brigham will take a broad look at Shelley’s body of work, particularly emphasising her novels beyond ‘Frankenstein’ and the way in which they also incorporate her interest in nineteenth-century medico-scientific contexts.

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The Petticoat Peril: Exploring women in Pharmacy History: A talk by Briony Hudson

Women's History Network

Pascal Theatre Company announces A free talk on Friday 4 October 2024 at 4.00pm at Senate House Library ‘The Petticoat Peril’ exploring women in pharmacy history Today, over 60% of British pharmacists are women, and women’s involvement in pharmacy has a very long history.

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Overtourism in Bali and Austria

O-Level Geography

What caused overtourism? Why does overtourism cause conflicts with locals and the environment? How can the conflicts be managed?

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: an online talk by Lucy Havard

Women's History Network

Pascal Theatre Company announces an online talk: Monday 7 October: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: by Lucy Havard Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) is widely known as the first British woman who qualified as a doctor.

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Photo Recap: Thursday 2024 APSA Annual Meeting Highlights

Political Science Now

The post Photo Recap: Thursday 2024 APSA Annual Meeting Highlights appeared first on.

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The Evolutionary Trade-Off: How Human Brain Expansion Leads to Increased Vulnerability to Aging

Anthropology.net

Human intelligence, a defining trait of our species, has enabled us to adapt, innovate, and dominate diverse environments across the globe. However, recent research 1 conducted by neuroscientists at Heinrich Heine University reveals that this remarkable cognitive capacity comes with a significant downside: an increased susceptibility to age-related brain degeneration.

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The Influence of Partisanship on Assessments of Promise Fulfillment and Accountability

Political Science Now

The Influence of Partisanship on Assessments of Promise Fulfillment and Accountability By Tabitha Bonilla , Northwestern University I draw together theories of partisan polarization and motivated reasoning, which suggest that partisanship shapes information processing, and theories of accountability, which argue voters hold elected officials accountable through promise fulfillment.