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We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...communication between people, and helps them to [interact with] others” – social mediation, to use the technical term. As Shibata points out, “PARO has many of the same effects as animal therapy. But some hospitals do not allow animals because of a lack of facilities or the difficulties of managing pets.” Not to mention worries over hygiene and disease. Much of...
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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

...community, a sanctuary. Here we have an example of the novel being read aloud communally, as part of an annual cycle of readings – thus bringing into question assumptions that novel-reading was always something done silently and alone. But the impact of such a communal activity could evidently be as powerful and memorable as any individual reading experience...History...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...community throughout the UK and selectively elsewhere, and serving an increasingly mobile population open to methods – using and developing the most effective media and technologies for learning, teaching and assessment while attaching central importance to the personal academic support given to students; and working collaboratively with others to extend and enrich...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...communities maintain their distinctive identities? On the northern edge of empire was Britain. Before it was finally conquered by Claudius, the Romans saw Britain as barbaric, exotic even - a place to conquer and civilise. Roman Britain offers the chance to observe the dynamics of a frontier zone and the reactions of local communities to invasion, by a Roman army bringing...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...communities, vulnerable, and more likely to be victims of violent crime or of self-harm than of violence towards others. The false perception, popularised in the media that people with mental illness are typically violent, unpredictable and dangerous, is amongst the most damaging of stereotypes. People who experience mental illness are unable to work. FALSE. Depending on...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...communication a way of naming and describing things a tool to get things done. More could be added to this list, and you may have included other things in your definition. You may have written down a list of several named languages and/or associated particular languages with different countries or people. Activity 2 Beginning to learn about language Timing: This activity...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...community jobs, paid for by public resources and selected through these exams. Teachers normally come from the ranks of these civil servants. It would seem that hardly a step has been taken to improve the situation and the antiquated methods have become deeply entrenched in all seventeen autonomous regions, including Catalunya, and at all levels of the provision of State...
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Designing the Spanish nation
Languages

Designing the Spanish nation

...bottom stripe: murrey. Red and yellow were the traditional colours of the Crown of Aragon and murrey was chosen to represent Castile. At present, each of the 17 different autonomous communities in Spain wave distinctive flags but the red and yellow flag with the Royal coat of arms remains the common one that represents the whole country. [Map of all flags used in Spain]...
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