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Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...careful selection of artists even from far-flung locations, and the preference for one practitioner above another, shows that patrons too were quite capable of discriminating on the basis of artistic prowess. Abbot Suger (c.1081–1151) explained that the twelfth-century windows at Saint-Denis in Paris, for example, were done ‘by the exquisite hands of many masters from...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...adults and up to 7 mm in younger people, increasing the amount of light entering the eye by a factor of approximately ten times. The expansion of the pupil takes place quite rapidly – typically in a few seconds. If you remain in dark conditions for long enough a second, slower change takes place, this time in the retina, which is the light-sensitive surface inside your...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...care workers involved in controlling epidemics...Vaccination: 6.3 Asymptomatic carriers - A related problem for disease eradication is seen in some human infectious diseases, where a carrier state develops. One example is typhoid, where 2–5 per cent of individuals become chronically infected, but without any symptoms of the disease. They excrete the typhoid bacteria...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...Adult Smoking Habits in Great Britain: 2014 [Online], Newport, Office for National Statistics. Available at www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/bulletins/adultsmokinghabitsingreatbritain/2014 (Accessed 18 September 2016). Oxford English Dictionary (2016) [Online], Oxford, Oxford University Press. Available at...
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...adult to child, from generation to generation. These invisible or ‘intangible’ practices of heritage, such as language, culture, popular song, literature or dress, are as important in helping us to understand who we are as the physical objects and buildings that we are more used to thinking of as ‘heritage’. Another aspect of these practices of heritage is the...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...careful consideration. Researchers note that drones can be considered part of the Internet of Things (IoT) and are thus themselves at risk of internal and external threats: ‘As part of heterogeneous networks, things have to support advanced security concepts, such as authentication, access control, data protection, confidentiality, cyber-attack prevention, and a high...
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...careful attention to the play of light over different textures and surfaces with the dramatic re-imagining of a story taken from the Old Testament – should give us pause for thought. The re-assessment of Dutch art that has taken place in recent years has opened up the field of study to include the full range of subjects, themes and types of painting that were made and...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...care of your mental health. There is also advice on how you can support a friend that may be having a difficult time. Website: http://studentminds.org.uk/ Rethink Mental Illness You can call the Rethink advice and information line Monday to Friday, 10am-2pm for practical advice on: different types of therapy and medication benefits, debt, money issues police, courts,...