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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...system must be able to measure and recognise each student’s abilities. Thus, in fairness to all students, it is essential that the work you present for grading really is a true reflection of your abilities and does not consist of work produced by other people. How would you feel about other students who seemed to be doing better than you and were getting better grades,...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...system was breaking apart and Rome was plunged into two bitter civil wars between powerful political and military figures, such as Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, one after the other. Augustus – at this stage still called Octavian – was the last man standing after the second civil war, and this is how he came to be in control of the Roman state. [Figure 2: This image...
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...systems in multinational companies or you might have a management issue you want to address, such as why the career progression of women in the construction industry is slower than men’s in the same industry. Alternatively, your sponsoring organisation might like you to carry out a specific project that will benefit the organisation itself. For example, it might need a...
Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...system and refrigerator doors that could be opened from the inside. What do we mean by ‘dead’? And who should declare when an individual is dead? A priest? A lawyer? A doctor? A machine? Owen discussed these issues at a symposium in Brazil with the Dalai Lama and says he was surprised to find that they both agreed strongly on one point: we need to create an ethical...
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...system for classifying levels of learning behaviour. ‘Creating’ is at the top of the classification. The intentional use of verbs in the classification highlights our understanding of learning as being an active process (Tarlinton, 2003). Creativity is a process and you can’t be creative if you don’t do something. Creativity involves the use of higher-order...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Emotion: an introductory picture
History & The Arts

Emotion: an introductory picture

...system, one that we share with other animals and with very young children. In contrast, reason is regarded as separating humans from other animals, and adults from infants. How can we assess this picture? We will begin by trying to get clear about what an emotion is. As we will soon discover, this question is highly controversial...Emotion: An introductory picture: 2.1...
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...system, including all its tributaries, is called a river catchment. The water in a river comes not only from direct precipitation, springs and overland flow (i.e. water flowing across the ground surface, excluding that in streams and rivers; this is rare in temperate vegetated areas) but also from the underground flow of water, directly to the river. Part of this...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...systems of content that indicate whether content is suitable for the age of their children. Select the answer for Question 1e here Screen time can displace other positive activities such as socialising, good sleep, exercise. True False a. True b. False The correct answer is a. Answer True. Increased screen time can limit the time left to do other beneficial activities...