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Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...style of teaching to take place and delivery within the classroom, and it really allows the young people to see quality presentations. I love the ones where people are uploading and you’ve got a whole package. If I can explain one that really set me off on this sort of journey of sharing it was the one I did around the rock cycle. I had a low ability year 7 class that I...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...et al. (2015) have concluded: ‘that thorium fuel offers little benefit over conventional uranium-fuelled approaches for open-cycle nuclear energy production limited to the Low-Enriched Uranium standard of 20% 235U. We suggest that short- to medium-term interest in thorium should be restricted to those countries with an interest in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing or with...
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Article 10 mins
What You Need to Know About Psychometrics
Health, Sports & Psychology

What You Need to Know About Psychometrics

...et al. (2005) found that tests of general mental ability and specific cognitive abilities (verbal, numerical, perceptual and spatial) are valid predictors of both job performance and training success, especially for job roles that require complex thinking. Psychologists use different psychological theories to inform the content of each psychometric test plus statistical...
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Article 10 mins
Green Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Green Brexit?

...ETS) - seen by many as the world's foremost market implement for carbon emissions reduction? JJ: Brexit does give more scope for the right-wing ideologues in the Cabinet to undermine existing international agreements, especially as they largely seek to by-pass Parliament by making policy via trade deals. My answer, as before, is to kick them out at the next election....
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Article 10 mins
Oes gen i broblemau iechyd meddwl ac a ddylwn i gael help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oes gen i broblemau iechyd meddwl ac a ddylwn i gael help?

...in Welsh] Cyfeirnod Schaefer, J. D. et al. (2017). Enduring mental health: Prevalence and prediction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(2), 212-224. Mae’r adnodd hwn yn rhan o ‘Gasgliad Llesiant ac Iechyd Meddwl’ wedi ei greu gan y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru. Gallwch ddysgu mwy a dod o hyd i gyrsiau, erthyglau a gweithgareddau eraill ar dudalen hafan y casgliad....
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Article 10 mins
Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...et al, 2002). Moderators’ efforts to be even-handed in dealing with problematic posting in the teacher-student forum ended in them becoming complicit with the covert racism. We can all be influenced by the messages society constructs around us, which are negative towards groups other than white, unless we make sure we have critical overview of our actions. It’s from...
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Article 10 mins
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...death. Boulanger became the first woman to win France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome (which women had only been allowed to enter since 1903), in 1913 for her cantata Faust et Hélène. Despite her brief career, Lilian Boulanger also composed dozens of compositions, including piano works, songs, and several large-scale works for choir and orchestra....
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Article 10 mins
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...profile of a collection Making the materials more processible for research and other purposes Reuniting or gathering collections or related items in one virtual space Digital conservation to safeguard against decay or loss (this is not to be confused with digital preservation, which refers to preserving digital materials). It is worth distinguishing between individual...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs