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History How-to videos: Crash sites
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Crash sites

...history really close. You’re holding something in your hand that nobody has touched for 65 years, and a case for slide rule that I found in one wreck, the last person to touch it had been setting that slide rule probably just before the plane crashed. Of course, you can’t do this without permission from the RAF. Crashed planes often have unexploded bombs or weapons in...
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Video 5 mins
Decolonising the Curriculum through the History of Mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Decolonising the Curriculum through the History of Mathematics

...History Month, June Barrow-Green and Brigitte Stenhouse gave a presentation in which they explored how historical sources can be used to decolonise the mathematics curriculum...Transcript Much of the mathematics taught at undergraduate level is named for, or attributed to, male European mathematicians of the nineteenth century. This helps to reinforce the mistaken notion...
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Video 10 mins
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...history, will help to improve your language skills, knowledge of German-speaking societies and intercultural competence. It will also develop your critical and analytical skills as you study the geography and dialects of the regions of Germany....Advanced German: Language, culture and history: Introduction - This course looks at various aspects of the cultures within...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Britain’s dark history of criminalising the homeless
Society, Politics & Law

Britain’s dark history of criminalising the homeless

...family who placed cushions over anti-homeless spikes in Manchester, are challenging the punitive measures adopted by local authorities. In some areas, this has led to the successful withdrawal of PSPO proposals. In austerity Britain, these movements are gathering momentum and stirring up indignation about the uneven distribution of wealth, property and land. Some...
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History How-to videos: Paper and ink
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Paper and ink

The paper and ink in a letter can reveal as much as the words themselves...Video Text Until the middle of the 18th Century, paper was made in individual sheets in wire frame baskets. That’s good for us and I can show you why. If you hold a piece of paper up against a bright light, and you don’t need a fancy bit of kit like this light box, any strong light will do, if...
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The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of online media reporting of family crimes on children

...family member is imprisoned are well documented (Minson, 2019). Parental imprisonment is recognised as a potential risk factor for many adverse outcomes for children, including anti-social behaviour and poor educational attainment (Kincaid et al., 2019). These risk factors reflect a variety of complex processes including children being separated from their parent and the...
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Are you estranged from your family and considering university?
Education & Development

Are you estranged from your family and considering university?

...family network but Stand Alone can help...[Teenage boy in yellow hoodie walking up some stone steps] What is estrangement? Being estranged means that there is a complete and irreconcilable breakdown in the relationship with your parents (biological or adoptive) and you have no communication with either of them. If one of your parents is deceased and you have no contact at...
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How have family budgets changed in sixty years?
Money & Business

How have family budgets changed in sixty years?

...Family Spending report, which covers the financial year ending March 2017, marks the sixtieth year of results from a household expenditure survey – in its current form, the Living Costs and Food Survey (LCFS) – in the United Kingdom. Since these surveys started in 1957, approximately 375,000 households have voluntarily provided information on their spending habits. So...
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