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The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on
Science, Maths & Technology

The Balakot Earthquake: Ten years on

...care for the injured in hospital. Nonetheless, the survivors I met in Balakot regret that the experience of prolonged exposure to the aid machinery had left their communities culturally diminished. They have little faith in their civil administration or elected representatives. While some individual officials were singled out for praise, survivors said they saw no spirit...
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In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...cares for the peace of my conscience, to make it a shilling; or, come! a half-crown, if he wishes to be truly handsome. It is astonishing how these regrets persist; but perhaps in this instance I owe the permanence of my pang to those frequent appeals to one's pity which repeated themselves in Sheffield. As I had noted at Liverpool I now noted at Sheffield that you cannot...
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Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?

...care to be shouted down either. Some of the debate around Brexit has been inflammatory to say the least. The Daily Mail branded judges "enemies of the people" simply for ruling that Parliament should have the final say. Tory leadership contender Jacob Rees-Mogg has called Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, an ‘enemy of Brexit’ and also accused the BBC of an...
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Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...care of the long-term planning, who regularly compare the science goals of our mission with the investigations that we have already done and with everything we know about the terrain ahead of us, to work out strategic guidelines on what we want to do in the next few weeks. A colleague from this team will provide an update on strategic guidance for our decisions during...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...caring for this style (as this style is often considered incorrectly as ‘dirty’ and about not washing hair or allowing it to just become matted) are Locticians. [Lux advert - text: 'Lux won't shrink wool', illustration is a black woman pouring the product on a black child's hair]Nineteenth-century US advertisement. Show me the money Madame C.J. Walker, the first Black...
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Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...caring for children and other dependents and less regular and non routine house maintenance and DIY work. However, our focus here is a more limited one which will nevertheless introduce you to some of the key ideas and debates involved in studying family life. We will begin with a summary of how work in the home has changed over the last fifty years or so, and look at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...careful interpretation understand the importance of contextualisation in analysing photographs...Picturing the family: 1 How to avoid damage when handling photographs - Remember to treat your photographs with the consideration demanded by their age and fragility. Careless handling and storage will cause damage. Handle photographs at the edges: the skin carries chemicals...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...Careful financial planning not only helps us to keep on top of our finances today; it also helps to make sure we're matching our resources to our personal objectives in the future. Over the next two weeks, you'll look at household income and expenditure - the two component parts of a household budget. This week, you'll look at income, wealth and assets. You'll examine the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs