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Nine days' wonder in York
History & The Arts

Nine days' wonder in York

...de Clifford, who suffered death with his party chief, the Earl of Lancaster, when Edward of York took the city, and it is mainly memorable as the refuge of the Jews whom the Christians had harried out of their homes. They had grown in numbers and riches, when the Jew-hate of 1190 broke out in England, as from time to time the Jew-hate breaks out in Russia now, to much the...
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EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...wrote: ‘Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte_’._ –Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters, Letter XVI, December 1656. Translation: ‘I wrote this very long [letter] because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter’. What do you think Pascal meant by this? [Photo of Claire]Figure 8 ClaireShow descriptionA photograph of Claire. Claire, whose research looks for evidence of......
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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...class, gender, social status, home language and location (rural or urban). These factors impact on literacy rates in various ways in different countries and local areas. The literature on global and national literacy development suggests that the view of literacy skills as having the potential to develop economic and social progress has long been accepted and has been one...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Some merits of Manchester
History & The Arts

Some merits of Manchester

...De Quincey shed a backward gleam upon his native place, which can still show the house where he was probably born and the grammar-school he certainly ran away from. In my forgetfulness, or my ignorance, that Manchester was the mother of this tricksy master-spirit of English prose, who was an idol of my youth, I failed to visit either house. The renown of Cobden and of...
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Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...de Loutherbourg’s Eidophusikon. But Barker was emphatic in his wording when defending the show against these comparisons: There is no deception of glasses, or any other whatever; the view only being a fair sketch, displaying at once a circle of a very extraordinary extent, the same as if on the spot; forming perhaps, one of the most picturesque views in Europe. The idea...
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How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...class, the beginning of an odd set of behaviour changes. “For months we had been having problems with her acting odd, belligerent, slurring and stumbling… I would constantly be telling people, I don’t know where she went. Whoever this is, this isn’t Violet.” After six months of investigation, an MRI scan found the tumour. The diagnosis was given at the Seattle...
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Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...class. For personality traits, you can use the qualities from Activity 2, or you can provide a list of your own. Part 3 If you have done work on different styles of popular music, for example Latin American, rock'n'roll or blues, you could link it into this activity. Ask pupils to develop a chosen motif in different popular styles to reflect particular influences...Using...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...class, or private study the level you want to study – short course, GCSE, A Level, university course the cost of the course the location of the course and how far you are willing to travel. Bearing these considerations in mind, have a look on the internet for language courses that may be interest to you, taking note of their cost and location. Look at local or national...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs