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Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...Ben Cooke, Guy Pollack, Matthew Wilde and Thomas Wright. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...Ben Kovitz (1999) makes a distinction between orderly and exploratory. Orderly engineering is characterised primarily by the application and slight variation of time-tested techniques, design patterns and solutions but this does not mean that existing design and solutions can be routinely applied to solve new problems. Combining existing designs is a highly skilled...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...ben (beinn, a mountain), claymore (claidheamh mòr, a big sword), corrie (coire, a cauldron shaped bowl in the mountains), ghillie (gille, a servant), kyle (caol, a narrows), machair (machair, a plain) and whisky (uisge-beatha, water of life). But, despite Gaelic’s status as a founding language of Scotland, Lowland writers started to refer to it as Irische or Ersch....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...Ben Goldacre accuses those involved with promoting fish oils in schools to increase pupil performance as being based on flimsy evidence (Goldacre, 2009). 7 ‘Polar research can contribute to the spreading of invasive species in many ways. Research vessels can transport invasive species by discharging ballast water into polar oceans. Research aircraft can carry invasive...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...Ben-Gurion, Israel, Wojciechowski and Pinshow (2009) showed that while at rest during a stopover, blackcaps can lower their body temperature by up to 10 °C below normal resting temperature at night and become hypothermic (Figure 23). [Described image] Figure 23 Body temperature of a blackcap on the night of 9-10 April 2007. The vertical grey bar indicates a period with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Cyflwyniad i efelychu digidol ym maes gofal iechyd
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cyflwyniad i efelychu digidol ym maes gofal iechyd

...ben gyda'r hwylusydd yn gofyn i bob cyfranogwr nodi un peth y byddant yn ei wneud yn wahanol yn eu shifft glinigol nesaf yn y byd go iawn yn seiliedig ar yr hyn y maent wedi'i ddysgu. Pa egwyddor ôl-drafodaeth sydd â'r cysylltiad agosaf â'r cam gweithredu hwn? a) Hwyluso strwythuredig b) Cysylltu profiad rhithwir ag ymarfer yn y byd go iawn b) Defnyddio data efelychiad...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German
Languages

Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German

...BEN [Laughing with each other] HENNING Meine Freunde sagen, dass ich ein sehr guter Zuhörer bin, dass ich Humor habe, und die meisten sagen, dass ich immer mit einem Strahlen durchs Leben gehe. Select the answer for Question 1a here Wo wohnen Sie? Ich wohne zur Zeit in Bremen. Ich bin in Hamburg geboren. Hamburg liegt nördlich von Bremen. Ich habe eine Freundin. Ich...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...Ben. Schafer’s particular categorisation above might also not identify sounds that are atypical, non-local or unfamiliar; for example, unusual birdsong, or visiting musicians. Nevertheless, there are many kinds of sounds that do fall into the typology he proposes. Activity 8 Keynotes, signals and soundmarks Timing: Timing: Allow around 20 minutes to complete this...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs