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Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...Mortality: Analysis of Evidence from Plantation Records’, Social Science History, vol. 3, no. 3/4, pp. 86-114. Williams, E. (1944) Capitalism and Slavery, Penguin. Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Leviathan, Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1968, Leviathan.p65 (mcmaster.ca) Locke, John. 1993. Two Treatises of Government. Everyman. London, England: Phoenix Government...
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...data making notes thinking over your ideas. Planning Planning your assignment involves: working out an appropriate and logical structure identifying what is relevant and what is not taking account of the word limit refining your ideas selecting appropriate evidence or quotations. Drafting This stage comprises a single task: writing the assignment, perhaps with one or more...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...data for infants at the top of the figure. Infant monkeys were observed calling in response to a bird on 24 separate occasions. The number of calls made in response to each of the species of bird shown were assigned to categories, shown by lines of different colours that are identified in the key at the bottom of the diagram. For example, the number of calls made by...
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...analysis of the social, cultural, historical and political influences from the wider context which impact on both learners’ participation and teachers’ practices (Tikly and Barrett, 2011). Thus learner failure and inequality are seen as primarily a result of specific practices within the institution or classroom...Exploring equality and equity in education: 5...
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...analysis of their viral genome indicates that all strains of influenza A originated from aquatic birds. By contrast, types B and C are mostly confined to humans. At any one time, a number of different strains of virus may be circulating in the human population. Box 1 Families, groups and strains of virus Viruses were originally classified into different groups according...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...data. As I do this, it makes me think about what the questions are really asking and what conclusions I can draw from them. It also tells me what sort of analysis I can do. I do this because in my early years as a researcher I found that I got people to complete my surveys and then found errors and problems that defied analysis.’ Unstructured interviews At the opposite...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...analysis. As a first question, what do you think might be included in the term visual art? For the art historian, visual art is a broad category of study, including traditional fine arts, such as drawing, painting and sculpture, together with communication and design arts (for example, film, television, graphics and product design), architecture and environmental arts...
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...data, so an enormous amount of analysis needs to be done. We've made a start. Those have shown some really interesting things. For instance some of the geese's heart rate actually dropped to about 40 beats per minute overnight. That's really, really low; you wouldn't even expect to see that in a human. But the really astounding thing we saw was a 25 hour long flight where...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs