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Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...classes, partly as rise in literacy fostered by the education reforms of the late nineteenth century, but it also saw, for the first time, reading habits reflect the opening of new professional horizons, traditionally thought of as male, on account of the mass mobilisation of the war effort (for a good summary of this within the broader context, see McAleer, 1992, pp....
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...classes that lack motivation lack of time needed to present the subject in such a way that even the weakest learners can appreciate some of the fun, pattern and power heavy marking load record-keeping having to teach learners who spoil, or attempt to spoil, the learning experience for others in the class when too much pressure is put on learners (often from parents) to...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...class or aromatherapy, but less keen on organised religion. In fact, many are probably just indifferent – religion is just not particularly relevant to their lives. So ‘no religion’ doesn’t necessarily equate with ‘goodbye religion’. In fact, when we dig down, religious identity, commitment and practice are complex. Someone might tick a box in the census, but...
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...classes, I came and helped him because when he dies, we are going to represent him, so that the work will not go off. It exists. So we have to follow him by his rules, his laws, any order he give to us, we have to obey. Because he is the boss. When he say, ….. again, nobody will help us. How do makers of Adinkra train?...Textiles in Ghana: 3.5 What can we learn? - The...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...feedback is fostered. For example by reviewing case studies of the service in delivery and asking stakeholders to indicate what was best or problematic about them. The interactive guide ‘In Safe Hands’, produced by Health Education England (HEE), offers guidance and examples of how healthcare workers can adopt safe clinical practice and improve the safety of patients...
Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing
Education & Development

Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing

...feedback loop created by formative Turnitin use thus fosters academic confidence, stronger writing practices and enables you to have more choice and responsibility for your learning and writing...Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing: 2 Turnitin myths - It’s important to clear up some myths about Turnitin: By looking at the report, you can...
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...de Waal presents and discusses examples of collaboration and co-operation between animals (including in problem-solving). He frames the need for co-operation as part of the basis of morality. His discussion includes some early work with chimpanzees, which led to the ‘cooperating elephants’ study that you learned about in Section 5.2 of this course, as well as footage...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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...