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Current conversations about ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Current conversations about ageing

...manage it. None of these podcasts give neat answers. They're researchers thinking out loud, together, about work that often stays in academic papers. Whose version of ageing well? What does it mean to age well? In this podcast the researchers discuss what we can do to help ourselves to age well and what may make this more challenging for us. Transcript. What does home...
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Video 25 mins
Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash
History & The Arts

Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash

...manager; Mr Farmer, deputy-manager of the London and Brighton Railway; and Mr Faithful, solicitor, with several other officials, were in attendance during the inquiry. Joseph Boardman was the first witness called. He said that he was an engine driver on the London and Brighton railway. He knew the deceased, who was his fireman. On the 27th of August, at about a quarter...
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Article 10 mins
The research and modelling of COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

The research and modelling of COVID-19

...Management & Quantitative Techniques Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM-Indore). He has a PhD in Statistics from North Carolina State University and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center before joining IIM-Indore. His primary research interests include Bayesian inference, high-dimensional models and...
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Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...manager. [A banner reading 'Diego Costa the Guv'nor' with an image of Diego Costa. ] When we see the banners not as individual artefacts but as part of a broader, collective tapestry, we can see that they document not only the history of the clubs but also of the times they were created in and the social, cultural and political contexts that led to their creation –...
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Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...management of primary and lower secondary schools at district or county level. How is education structured in China? China describes its education system as having four components; basic education, occupational education, higher education and adult education. Basic education comprises pre-school education, six years of primary schooling; three years of junior secondary...
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Article 10 mins
Studying Darwin
Nature & Environment

Studying Darwin

...manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat. This course builds on and develops ideas from two other 'Animals at the extreme' courses: (The desert environment) and (Hibernation...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Listening to content aloud
Digital & Computing

Listening to content aloud

...manage browser extensions. Profile Circle: A magenta circle with the letter A, indicating the signed-in Google profile/account. Three Vertical Dots: The main Google Chrome menu button ("Customize and control Google Chrome"). ] Show description Screengrab of a Google chrome browser showing toolbar icons: Puzzle Piece Icon: The Extensions button used to view and manage...
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Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...manager of the agency says that I am one of her best workers and lots of my regulars know me now and ask after me if I’m not there. She knows I’d prefer permanent work, but the agency pays more, otherwise I’d work for Leonard Cheshire permanently. One of the best things about being agency staff is you don’t get involved in all the office politics and I find some...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs