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A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...system to collect news of interesting and relevant contemporary developments in science? Could each ‘story’ be linked to a scheme of work? What other opportunities exist for promoting the global dimension in science, for example, through display or student projects? As well as using resources like those in Section 3 ‘In the classroom’, you could try: telling...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...system was code-named ‘Ultra’, and was one of the best-kept secrets of the Second World War. From a historian’s point of view, the exposure of Ultra has been a lesson in how cautious we must be in analysing historical evidence and drawing conclusions about what happened. A good example of this point concerns the hunt for the German battleship, the Bismarck, in the...
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Lleihau ôl troed carbon digidol y cwmwl
Nature & Environment

Lleihau ôl troed carbon digidol y cwmwl

...system gyfrifiadura, ond ar raddfa eithriadol. Mae'r raddfa hon yn lluosi effaith y cwmwl, y da a'r drwg. Ein tasg ar lefel TG sefydliadol yw gwybod sut i nodi'r effeithiau negyddol a'u lleihau, gan hyrwyddo a chyflymu'r effeithiau cadarnhaol ar yr un pryd. Mae'r erthygl hon yn ystyried rhai o'r ffyrdd y mae'r cwmwl yn cyfrannu at ein holion troed carbon digidol o brosesu...
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Article 5 mins
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...system. In March 2021, almost 22% of employment in Scotland, around 560,000 workers, were employed directly in the public sector. This varies markedly across different parts of Scotland. Not surprisingly, the key sectors of the economy that are the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament – the ‘big’ social policy services such as health, social care, social work...
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Article 10 mins
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...system. The spinal cord goes from the brain down to the lower part of the back. It is responsible for taking messages to the brain from the rest of the body, and from the brain to the rest of the body. When we look at the brain image we can see three main parts: the cerebrum the cerebellum the brainstem. Each of these parts controls a number of important functions. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...system requires an active response from the recipient. If the doctor is interested in the product, he or she sends a message to the manufacturer requesting a fuller brief. Source: adapted from Economist (2001) Considering customer preferences makes communications more effective – and more economical. Failure to follow consumers’ changing media preferences can be...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...systems are being activated and, therefore, to be able to say it's this one that's having the effect is unlikely to occur. And so we now talk much more about having a synergy, having a combination of those mechanisms to actually explain why it works. Prof. Adrian Taylor - Exercise Psychologist, Exeter University: Other ones might include changes in the way the brain...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...systems of discrimination and disadvantage is considered as an issue of intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1989, 1991). The disadvantages that a Black neurodivergent woman may face may be different from those of a white neurodivergent woman and also different from those of a neuro-typical Black man. The whole story of discrimination may not simply be understood by...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs