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Emotion: an introductory picture
History & The Arts

Emotion: an introductory picture

...manager, Bella, that the project that he has been working on for months has been shelved: all his hard work has been wasted. Larry hears Bella telling him the news as she lounges behind her expensive desk. His brain begins processing the information. His heart rate speeds up and his face flushes. He can feel his heart racing and his face burning. He clenches his fists. He...
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...manage to influence the representation of the event. Alternatively, you might want to focus on how the TV footage represents the activists – or the orchestra. Make some notes below. When posing your questions, think also about which of your questions could be answered by analysing the video itself, and which would necessitate broadening the inquiry’s horizon, looking...
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...manageable’ closed setting ‘demanded by the form’, also criticises the lack of penetration of the harsh social realities of the post-war period or the hard-won rights struggles of the 1920s. It is true that the setting and context seem to be made as innocuous as possible, in political terms: ‘As a woman who had herself found a degree of independence, as a wartime...
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...manage information irrelevance or unimportance of information lack of time to understand information. As we speed through the twenty-first century, the data and information landscape, especially online, is growing without precedent. By January 2017 it was estimated that there were 4.6 billion pages on the World Wide Web (WorldWideWebSize, 2017). This plethora of...
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...management as a symbol to tell you that a zebra crossing might be coming up because it’s immediately recognisable. It’s so simple. Speaker 2 People always go through the red light, you know, trying to get that last chance to get through as well. So that takes away the 10 seconds that you have to dash across the road because someone’s coming through. It’s really...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...managed. Users told researchers how social media and the web black market (the Dark Web) all play a part in the contemporary use of steroids. However, the control of steroid use is not discussed in any detail. If you were exploring this topic further you might investigate the legalities of personal use or supply of steroids. In this gym context, the ‘protection from...
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...manage better next time? In Week 1, you were introduced to an important point of pronunciation which should help with your listening and speaking skills. Did you practise the different sounds j and x? Why not return to that section and practise again? Activity 8 If you would like further practice, match the following Pinyin words to their corresponding English. nĭ hǎo...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...management of the fingerprint bureau of the SCRO. MSPs were also critical of the justice minister over McKie's compensation deal and in addition they cleared the fingerprint officers involved of acting maliciously. The report concluded that significant weaknesses still need to be addressed. This report may or may not be the end of the story. There are still strong calls...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs