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Globalisation and the English language
History & The Arts

Globalisation and the English language

...research has looked at Chinese students writing in English, and although some people talk about Chinese becoming the lingua franca, I don’t think that’s likely to happen for quite some time. I think globalisation will result in people becoming more accepting of differences, of using different connotations, different vocabularies and so on. We don’t own English...
Writing family history
History & The Arts

Writing family history

...research, interviewing witnesses and relatives becomes paramount. Many pitfalls await interviewers, as well as the pleasure of getting it right. William Taylor interview: part one To demonstrate interviewing technique and responses, this track makes use of an interview with William Taylor, born in 1919. William Taylor interview: part two In the second part of his...
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...Researching and influencing your fiction In order to write, every novelist must read. The importance of reading and how this can influence your own style. Characters and genre How do you create a believable character, and how can genre hinder or help a writer? Narrative and structural techniques Technical methods of storytelling and how to structure a book. Redrafting and...
Diabetes care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diabetes care

...research into the treatment of diabetes and how patients can manage the condition by modifying their behaviour. Annual review What happens during an annual diabetes check-up. Eye examination A patient with Type 2 diabetes has his retinas examined. Foot examination A Type 2 diabetes patient has his feet checked. Measuring blood pressure A patient with Type 1 diabetes has...
Audio 31 mins
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...researcher from Tübingen in Germany, Burkhard Pflug, who investigated the effect in his doctoral thesis and in subsequent studies during the 1970s. By systematically depriving depressed people of sleep, he confirmed that spending a single night awake could jolt them out of depression. Benedetti became interested in this idea as a young psychiatrist in the early 1990s....
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...children. You mustn't look at the parcels, Ivar. What are they? Ah, I daresay you would like to know. No, no – it's something nasty! Come, let us have a game! What shall we play at? Hide and seek? Yes, we'll play hide and seek. Bob shall hide first. Must I hide? Very well, I'll hide first. [She and the children laugh and shout and romp in and out of the room; at last...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

...Children's Hour, addressing other children who had been evacuated from the cities. Later on in the war she joined the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. 1945 - Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret mingle with VE day crowds On Victory in Europe Day, Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret mingled anonymously with the crowds in London. She later said, "We asked my...
Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...Centre for Mental Health, 2013). In this free course, Work and mental health, you will look at some of the ways in which employment affects mental health and what can be done to support people in finding and keeping work...Although being at work during periods of mental illness can be difficult for those with mental health problems, most people with these difficulties...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs