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This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...de facto city status – maybe one day a future competition will make this happen. Further reading and about the author Beckett, J., (2014), ‘Inventing and reinventing the modern city: the 2012 city status competition in the United Kingdom’, Urban History, vol. 41, no.4, pp.705-720 Tuan, Y., (1974), Topophilia, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Inc. Dr...
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The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...de Coubertin, mastermind of the modern international Olympic movement, had his sights set on convincing the world of the great artistic and educational potential embodied by the newly revived Olympic Games. In his view, the best way to get his point across was to incorporate a flurry of spectacles including art, music, poetry and architecture alongside the athletic...
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Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...de Sus, M. (June, 2022) ‘The Shift Directives: From Financialized to Human-rights Based Housing’, Make the Shift Report. Available at: https://make-the-shift.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Directives-Updated-Dec-9.pdf (Accessed: 24 December 2023). Joseph Rowntree Foundation. (2024) ‘Designing out hardship and destitution’. Available at:
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Article 5 mins
The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health

...de Janeiro five years prior. Despite a few mishaps during qualification, Biles advanced to several finals. During the team final on 27 July 2021, Biles hesitated on her vault mid-air and subsequently left the competition floor before returning shortly after. She later withdrew from the remainder of the team final due to mental health issues, saying she didn’t want to...
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The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...class degree, he trained as a teacher so that he could help to support his family, rather than going to Oxford and Cambridge as a research student. He returned to Skye as a teacher, then moved on to the Isle of Mull, and then back to Edinburgh in 1939. In late 1940 he entered the Army. He was wounded three times in the North African campaign – the third experience at...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...classes. Nowadays, students want at least a B for signing up for class and an A with any effort expended on the course, regardless of knowledge displayed in the classroom. Ketz, J.E. (2009) ‘The accounting cycle: students then and now’, www.joannejacobs.com/2009/02/unfit-for-a-collegeeducation/# comments The following paragraph summaries are in the wrong order. Drag...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Squares, roots and powers
Science, Maths & Technology

Squares, roots and powers

...class, including a self-portrait, on separate sheets of paper. There are 26 children in the class. Find an upper estimate for the number of sheets of drawing paper he should supply for the whole class. Find a lower estimate. Use your calculator to find the exact number of sheets of paper. Answer Each of the 26 children will need 26 pieces of paper, so altogether 26 × 26,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...class in a primary school (this is often described as a ‘case-study’), researchers study all classes in a school and consider in the analysis differences between students such as age, background, learning abilities, teachers’ approach and expertise. Also, some methodologies such as correlation studies tend to be interpreted in the incorrect way. Below is an example...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs