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Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...based on previously published data from the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regarding temperature variation with height. Other properties of interest can be deduced from their relationships with temperature. [Described image] Figure 1 Temperature variation with height in standard atmosphere Note that from sea level (zero on the vertical...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Essential for what? A global social reproduction view on the re-organisation of work during the Covid-19 pandemic

...de-valued: care work, cleaning, nursing, to be re-labelled as ‘essential’ during the pandemic. You will explore the interaction of theoretical lenses and the practical work of artists, through the intersectional feminist exhibition ‘This Is Essential Work’ which explores different aspects of domestic care work during the pandemic. Essential for what? ‘‘The...
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The Language of Brexit
Languages

The Language of Brexit

...de Brexit, ironically a turning off rue Robert Schuman and a short distance from avenue Jean Monnet, both named in honour of EU founding figures. Such a widely used word might be expected to have been around for some time. However the earliest use seems to be as recent as May 2012, when the term was used by the financial press for a possible British exit from the EU, and...
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Article 10 mins
Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...de Jong, Umut Erel and Olga Jurasz hosted a seminar which reflected on the role of the law in constituting citizens and migrants as well as the different spaces and journeys informing migrations, mobilities and immobilities. This will was followed by an open exchange between all participants on the ethical, political and artistic issues raised by Syed's work. After the...
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Video 5 mins
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Norway

...De norske korte somre, kaldt klima, begrensede områder av dyrkbar jord og nærhet til havet har påvirket tradisjoner for matproduksjon, inkludert brød, kaker og baking. Det er et bredt utvalg av tradisjonelle brød og kaker i Norge, og det sies at nordmenn sannsynligvis spiser mer brød enn noen andre europeere. Norsk brød er vanligvis laget av hvete eller rugmel....
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Literature and the Environment
Nature & Environment

Literature and the Environment

...de Montaigne noted that his local river, the Dordogne, had in twenty years eroded its right bank and taken over so much land that the foundations of houses were destroyed. It is later in the same essay that Montaigne reflected on the Americas, unknown to Europe until Christopher Columbus’s landing there in 1492, and criticised the tendency to judge other cultures...
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Article 10 mins
Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair
Society, Politics & Law

Siblings in the scrum: long history of brothers makes rugby a family affair

...including Ireland’s Luke Fitzgerald whose father Des played for Ireland, Welsh back Ross Moriarty who is following in the footsteps of his father and uncle who both played internationally for Wales, and the England player Owen Farrell whose father Andy, a former England player, is also part of the England coaching staff. Rugby, it seems, truly is a family affair....
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Article 10 mins
Making young children give everything to football is a bad idea – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making young children give everything to football is a bad idea – here’s why

...de Portugal, home to Sporting Lisbon. Then there are clubs such as Belgium’s Standard Liége, which are not multi-sports clubs but do provide coaching support that develops general skills and abilities, such as agility and coordination, that can be transferable to numerous sports. These clubs approach youth football in these ways because the reality is that early...
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Article 10 mins