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Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...think you’ve concluded that reefs as we know them, as we understand them with branching corals and table corals, won’t be able to survive this century if we continue on in the way we are. JPG: That is correct, the increase in temperature triggers coral bleaching and eventually coral mortality. And starting 2050 or so, ocean acidification will also have an impact on...
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Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...think of the extraordinary themes found in the classical fairy tales, where people are frequently eaten (oral aggression) and giants' heads are cut off (castration of the father?). Many psychoanalysts would see the popularity among young children of such bloodthirsty themes as indication of their resonance with children’s unconscious feelings. The third core of...
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Studying natural sciences bilingually
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying natural sciences bilingually

Thinking of studying a Natural Sciences course? Considering studying through the medium of Welsh and want to know what the benefits are? Not sure whether your Welsh is good enough? If you’re reading this article, it’s quite possible you’ve thought about these questions. This article aims to answer these questions, and show how studying Natural Sciences through the...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Society, Politics & Law

It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name

...think it was Dad’s justification or just something to say to make his life easier by going along with it. After my discussion with Jas via text message, I eventually called him and asked him why he felt the need to change his birth name and why he thought that it was the norm when applying for new job opportunities. He responded by saying that he only got his new job as...
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Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...system, which is to describe a circle as sweeping out a number of radians. You can think of a radian as being just like a degree, but rather than there being 360 of them in a circle, there are 2π of them. This may sound complicated, but it has the huge advantage that it makes the maths easier! Because the circumference is 2πr, and the wheel turns 2π radians in the same...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...think of themselves as nations challenge the existing order and assert their right to a state of their own. And at the same time it is a kind of gentle introduction to how to study political ideas. It is more theoretical, or philosophical, than historical, but that doesn’t mean it has no purchase on the real world. The practical examples with which it works range from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...system. Figure 1 An example extract from a meteorological report for Edmonton, Canada. Somewhere between the observations like those recorded in Figure 1 and a weather forecast is a team of professional meteorologists. No doubt among them will be those whose tasks include a consideration of the observers' reports of cloud type, which is a rich source of immediate weather...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...system existed for handing out necessities such as soap, clothes and shoes to prisoners, but such items were distributed, and even passed through the gratings by prisoners to more needy family members on the outside. Prisoners could purchase food to supplement their rations, but many did not have any money. The system of self government allowed to exist alongside official...
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