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Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...human remains and evaluating bite marks. Figure 6 Teeth Forensic Anthropology – the study of human beings in relation to their physical character. The specialist answers questions on gender, age, ethnicity, stature, nutritional status, existence of disease processes, and the presence and character of skeletal trauma. Early pioneers of forensic anthropology included...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Neighbourhood nature
Nature & Environment

Neighbourhood nature

...humans began to have an influence on the vegetation of the UK, the country was covered in natural forests known as wildwood. Very little of this wildwood remains today, it having been cleared for fuel and to create space for agriculture. However, those woods that do remain are there because humans, through the ages, have managed and maintained them to exploit the woodland...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?

...resources...Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?: 2 Do I have the right skills for study? - [Described image] Having found the time to study it is important to review your study skills. Learning is a journey and apprentice distance learners need to draw on a range of skills to help them on their way. Activity 2 will support you in reflecting on your skills,...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...resource, and explores the use of historical evidence to understand the reading and reception of a literary text, in this case Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe. The first tutorial in this series (Red_1) shows how historians have uncovered evidence of reading in the past, while the next tutorial (Red_3) demonstrates how evidence of a writers reading can add to our...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...resources or remove obstacles, and championing the team in other settings). In small and stable teams, leadership involves regular interactions between the leader and the ‘followers’. But is following actually the right language to describe some of the leadership processes in such teams? There may be others in the group who have expertise, skill or charisma, who are...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Do music lessons help with children's other classes?
Education & Development

Do music lessons help with children's other classes?

...educational outcomes, it is still one of the main ways human beings express their feelings and creativity. It is a universal language everybody can understand and enjoy – so there are still plenty of good reasons to teach, perform, and listen to a variety of music.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Article 5 mins
What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?
History & The Arts

What was the impact of 'Spanish flu' on the armistice?

...human history. Hypotheses about the source of the flu have varied but investigative work by virologist John Oxford and his team identified one of the camps on the Western Front as being at the centre of the flu outbreak. So how significant was the influenza outbreak on the casualties at the end of the First World War? “In the American Army it was hugely significant. I...
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Article 10 mins
Witnessing war through a smartphone lens
Society, Politics & Law

Witnessing war through a smartphone lens

...Human Rights violations are investigated. These images of the everyday realities of war can engage us emotionally in ways that news images do not. But equally, when recordings of war crimes or abuse or torture in the smartphones of Syrian refugees get into the hands of hostile forces, they can mean danger and even death. Similarly, maps and geolocation apps help refugees...
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Video 5 mins