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Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...analysis of ancient and later sources of myth...Icarus: entering the world of myth: 1 Ovid as mythographer and myth-maker - Publius Ovidius Naso, to give Ovid his three full names as a Roman citizen, was born in Sulmo (modern Sulmona), Italy, in 43 BCE and died in exile at Tomis on the Black Sea coast (modern Constanţa, Romania) in 17 or 18 CE. Ovid was a poet who wrote...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...analysis of their sport/event to determine how much endurance focus is needed in their training programme. Consider the duration and intensity of each sport/event that each athlete participates in, then answer the question: for which of the athletes is endurance relatively more important, and why? Discussion A water polo player is required to repeatedly sprint swim,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...data ... For borderline personality disorder there was some research that looked at different ways of defining the disorder. And we chose the definition that seemed most valid. But for the other categories rarely could you say that there was research literature supporting the definition’s validity. (Spitzer, quoted in Davies, 2013, p. 29) If the definitions could not be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market
Money & Business

Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market

...data speeds, online and mobile game has also been booming in China over the past several years. According to the 2014 report of China’s game industry, the gross value of online and mobile game have surged to over $88 billion. Niko Partners, a research intelligence firm specializing in the Asian game market, said in its 2015 China’s video game report that sales of the...
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Article 5 mins
Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...data provided by Oxfam deals only with recorded wealth, with much of the wealth of the super-rich hidden away in assorted hide-a-ways around the world, the names of many of which are increasingly as familiar to us as are overseas holiday destinations. Visualising inequality This aside, it is a difficult task to even begin to grasp the enormity of these inequalities and...
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Article 15 mins
Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. 25 April 2024 I gave my maiden speech during a debate on the topic of affordable housing. The debate motion tabled for the debate was: Viscount Chandos to move that this House takes note of the supply of genuinely affordable housing, its impact on the economy, and the steps needed to increase supply, particularly for key...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...data from the ONS website. How did the construction of racial classifications based on skin pigmentation come about, and what was it in service of? Why are only the Black and white skin pigmentation classifications still in use in the UK census?...Introducing Union Black: 2.3 Undoing bias: learning about others - Am I learning for myself or learning from labels or...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
How places affect well-being
Health, Sports & Psychology

How places affect well-being

...data from studies looking at urban areas and schizophrenia incidence together, in a type of study called a ‘meta-analysis’. They found that when all the data was combined together, the risk for developing schizophrenia was 2.37 times higher in the most urban environments compared to the most rural environments. There are a few possible explanations for this pattern....
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs