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What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...management - By the late seventeenth century, many landed estates had changed hands and were newly recorded, measured and mapped. Map-makers drew in detailed changes and cartouches carrying information about the estate owners and their antecedents. These changes in landownership and management have left historians a wide variety of evidence including maps, vistas, sale...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...managed the Chinese style of teaching and learning, a school timetable with long hours, and an alienated philosophy. They have proved to everyone that the “teacher led” teaching style can also be effective. They also have left me to believe that young people are in fact very flexible, adaptable and open to changes. It was not an easy task for the Chinese style of...
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Article 10 mins
Does cancer treatment increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and why?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does cancer treatment increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and why?

...manage to switch off this immune surveillance role, making them ‘invisible’ to the immune system. Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that helps the immune system rediscover and attack cancer cells. [Immunotherapy diagram] How immunotherapy works to boost the immune system via checkpoint inhibitors so that cancer cells can still be recognised and removed from...
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Article 15 mins
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...managing the COVID-19 disease.’ It might be relevant to note that the study authors are experts in biology and medicine, such as being affiliated with the Salford Royal Hospital, but modelling an epidemic requires epidemiology expertise. The USA is similar to the UK in the sense that both countries have had a very high total number of deaths from COVID-19, and a number...
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Article 10 mins
Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...Managing qualitative research as insider-research in small rural communities’, Rural and Remote Health, 18: pp. 4576. Equality Act 2010, c. 15. Available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/introduction (Accessed: 9 June 2023). National Institute for Health and Care Research (no date) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Available at:
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Article 5 mins
Volunteering with a personal or professional focus
Education & Development

Volunteering with a personal or professional focus

...manage and maintain her own sense of wellbeing over the years. It’s almost as though one volunteering experience has led to the next for Sarah, with each one giving her the opportunity to push herself a little further and learn a little more each time. “All of these things – they’re sort of like little extra threads that you weave together through your skills and...
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Article 5 mins
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...manages harm, crime and victimisation are long overdue. 10. If not prisons, then what would we do instead? There is no single solution. The idea that there can be one is another myth that the use of the prison perpetuates. There are a number of alternative responses that could be utilised, including, for example: Focusing on victim needs, compensation and care Adopt a...
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Article 12 mins
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...managed a number of UK and Europe wide projects in schools and was closely involved in the development and delivery of the NOF training programme for school librarians. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Grateful...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs