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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
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...variable. As with all marked heritage spaces, the decision to preserve a battlefield and the way in which it is marked say much about its role in the present. Similarly, ignoring or ‘forgetting’ a battlefield site is an indicator of how that site is remembered and/or exploited in the present. We will return to the role of the tangible landscape of the battlefield...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 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
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...class to learn about. Identify the concept, then describe how you might use formative and summative assessment in support of young people’s musical learning. Table 4 Something to explore with your class MUSICAL CONCEPT/IDEA USES OF ASSESSMENT Words: 0...Assessment in secondary music: 2 Key issue 2: What are we assessing in music and how should we assess it? - You can...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...De La Rue and Neil Henfrey of Boots, now a brand for the international pharmacist Alliance Boots a banking risk management specialist – Hor Chan Head of the Department for Accounting and Finance at the Open University Business School – Martin Upton. It examines the financial risks that organisations are exposed to and how they are addressed by management. The audio...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs