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Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...institutional practice of research on animals has grown up with that speciesist prejudice that I mentioned before: that animals really don’t count, or don’t matter very much. And, therefore, if we want to find something out it’s not a problem to say get me 50 rats or get me 20 dogs. So that’s why I don’t want to justify the general practice of animal...
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The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...Institute of Art, London https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_027.jpg#/media/File:Monet,_Autumn_Effect_at_Argenteuil,_Courtauld_Gallery.jpg (This picture shows the frame but the only other Wikimedia commons image of it has horrible colours – this isn’t great, but it is better. It would be good if another, much better image could be used). Utagawa...
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Video 15 mins
Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...institutions do; (b) to provide a more detailed explanation of the chemical background to the development of doxazosin; (c) to show in particular how the syntheses of new, hitherto unknown, compounds are reported, with details of the route(s) and experimental conditions employed, and sufficient data reported to establish unambiguously the structures of the new compounds....
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...institutions, when you meet new imperial situations, this introduction will have been worthwhile...How do empires work?: References - Hack, K. and Rettig, T. (2006) Colonial Armies in Southeast Asia, London, RoutledgeCurzon...How do empires work?: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Karl Hack. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...institution. The NHS in Scotland, housing, social work, social care, transport, local authorities, and other important areas such as education and criminal justice (which were always ‘Scottish’ in any case, predated not only devolution but the Act of Union of 1707 establishing the United Kingdom), came under the auspices of the Scottish Parliament. With the further...
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Article 10 mins
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...et al., 1995.) Molecular switches can be a lot more sophisticated than a single on/off function. A protein can be phosphorylated at multiple sites, which may have different effects on its activity. Integrate many different signals such that the signalling outcome is determined by the summation of signalling inputs. Therefore, they behave as specific signal
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...et al., 1985). All the animals had continuous, unrestricted access to forage but, as shown on Figure 3, the Svalbard reindeer ate three times as much food in August as in March. [Figure 3] Figure 3 Seasonal changes in the voluntary food intake (in grams per kg body mass per day) of Norwegian reindeer (blue) and Svalbard reindeer (red) with unrestricted access to food....
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. Article 12 Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views, the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs