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The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...writes James Nicholls, Director of Research and Policy Development at Alcohol Research UK. The story of wine in Britain is also the story of women drinkers. Pubs were traditionally not particularly welcoming to women. As the authors of The Pub and the People noted, women were excluded from certain rooms: “Vault and taproom are for men only, [taboo] to women, who drink...
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Article 10 mins
Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...writing this course is to put you in a stronger position when you read about the science of genetics and listen to informed debates about modern techniques of manipulating genes, by increasing your understanding of the concepts and issues involved. Many thousands of genes have been discovered, including many that have roles in disease. These genes are scattered throughout...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...write a great deal about adaptation. It is important to note that, at the time when Darwin was writing, there was no knowledge of the mechanism for a crucial aspect of his theory, the passing of characters from parents to offspring. Darwin was aware that inheritance is a fundamental feature of living things, but he had no knowledge of DNA or chromosomes. In this , we will...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...write down the names of the drinks in Italian. Listen to a group of friends ordering drinks from a waitress and try to identify what drinks they are ordering. Cameriera Buongiorno. Prego. Paolo Vorrei una birra. Anna Per me, un caffè. Tommaso Un bicchiere di vino bianco. Marisa Un tè. Filippo Un succo di frutta. Cameriera Va bene. Una birra, un caffè, un bicchiere di...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Writing as a Black British Psychotherapist, with a background in psychology, I explore the backdrop to these divided perspectives. I draw on knowledge gained in professional training as well as my own personal experience in the hope that insider perspective can illustrate the points and assist reflection. Racism rows reach royalty [King Charles]King Charles IIIPerhaps the...
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Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...writing a document or preparing a board paper or whatever it might be, it used to be in the office, you'd never get any chance to do that because you're constantly busy, in meetings, talking to people, doing things. Now I think that's completely changed because the expectation now, or at least the behaviour, whether it's expectation or not, I'm not sure, but the behaviour...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...Write two or three sentences in the box below. Click ‘Save’ when you are satisfied with what you have written...Week 1: The basics of food: 1.1 What are the reasons for eating? - Food provides the energy that our bodies need to keep going. Without food, a person would typically survive for a few weeks. Without water, they could only live for a few days. In developed...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...write down the boundary number β. [Figure 24] Figure 24 Answer (a) β = 1; (b) β = 4; (c) β = 1 To find the boundary numbers of paper surfaces, it is convenient to use coloured pens to trace around the boundary. Doing this, we find that the two boundary numbers of the surfaces in Figure 22 are β = 4 and β = 3, as shown in Figure 25. [Figure 25] Figure 25 Problem 8...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs