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Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...English watercolourist. He later recalled how he and Bonington had met in around 1816, when Bonington was working on studies in the gallery of the Louvre. The two artists met again when Delacroix visited England in 1825 and later shared a studio in Paris. Delacroix admired and tried to emulate the lightness of touch and sparkle of Bonington’s technique (see Plate 13)...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...everyday life, as you discover the link between volcanoes and your mobile phone, and find out why tiny marine wildlife is at the core of the plastics industry. You will learn about the various types of rock, and explore how, where and why different rocks and natural resources form across the Earth. You will also look at some of the environmental and sustainability...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Particle physics
Science, Maths & Technology

Particle physics

...everyday parlance, the word fundamental is often used with reckless abandon, but it has a very particular, important meaning here. These forces are named as such because they cannot be explained due to the action of another force. For example, friction is NOT a fundamental force as it can be explained as occurring as a result of the interaction of the electromagnetic...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...English, soda (natrium in Latin) Na magnesium from Magnesia, a district of Thessaly in Greece Mg aluminium from the Latin, alumen (alum) Al silicon from the Latin, silex (flint) Si sulfur from the Latin name sulphur for the element S chlorine from the Greek, chloros (yellowish green) Cl potassium from the English, potash (symbol from kalium - Latin for alkali) K calcium...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...English speaking countries, England has the lowest ranking for enjoyment and the lowest for pupil engagement in reading, except Australia (McGrane, et al., 2017). So sustained time in school needs to be set aside for reading, alone and with others, for hearing narratives, poetry and nonfiction, and for book talk and recommendations through responsive use of this pedagogy....
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Article 10 mins
Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...English, by Chloe O. Davis Black on Both Sides, A Racial History of Trans Identity, by C. Riley Snorton The Days of Good Looks, by Cheryl Clarke Bad Feminist, by Roxane Gay Black. Queer. Southern. Women: An Oral History, by E. Patrick Johnson Poetry Black Girl, Call Home, by Jasmine Mans Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson HoodWitch: Poems, by Faylita Hicks Don’t...
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Article 20 mins
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...everyday life. It is almost inconceivable that you could spend a day without at least one event being influenced by a computer. Perhaps the word ‘computer’ automatically conjures up the image of a personal computer sitting on a desk, but in fact it is the computers you cannot see that influence your life the most. Typical examples of common products that may use these...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...everyday domestic settings that you can recognise as being very similar to the setting of your own life. Philip Pullman (2020) has written about how he combines the two, by setting his stories in our world, but in another time. This is probably because he wants to write about serious conditions and problems that many readers would recognise, like depression, but put them...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs