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Pushing through the speed barrier: trailblazing women in motorsport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pushing through the speed barrier: trailblazing women in motorsport

...de Motocyclisme (FIM) banned women from competing, declaring it an unsuitable activity for women. One reporter summed up the misogynistic sentiment of the time: ‘Women, the weaker sex, are muscling in on man’s domain, practically no sport is sacred’. See also: Isle of Man TT: Meet the thrill seeking women who dare and A concise history of the Isle of Man TT: stories...
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Article 10 mins
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...based on the premise that learning can be broken down into discrete elements, which can be separated out, taught, practised and fitted together again. This type of learning might be considered appropriate for learning certain types of knowledge, such as multiplication tables, or certain skills, such as threading a sewing machine. This is because the knowledge or skill can...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...based on the information in the article. Discussion Much has changed in youth justice since 2010 and the numbers of young people in custody have fallen from the high point of over 3,000 to fewer than 900 (YJB, 2019). Although Juliet Lyon would be pleased to see this reduction in numbers, it is a reduction that has not been equally experienced by all ethnic groups. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...de Berry, c. 1416-18 and c. 1485. Musée Condé, Chantilly, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_septembre.jpg Caravaggio, Bacchus, c. 1595. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bacchus_by_Caravaggio#/media/File:Bacchus-Caravaggio_(1595).jpg Francisco Goya, The Grape Harvest or Autumn, 1786....
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Video 15 mins
Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...la (shortened to l’) for una – is used, followed by the hour. For midday and midnight, è is used, without the article: È mezzogiorno. It’s midday. È mezzanotte. It’s midnight. To emphasise an exact time on the hour, you can add in punto (‘on the dot’). Sono le undici in punto. It’s eleven o’clock precisely...Week 1: Talking about the time: 4 Expressing...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...based on the person's will and preference. So the three levels of decision-making support, people acting in those roles, they can't do what they think is the right thing to do. They're under a legal obligation to assist the person doing what the person wants to do themselves. So the cultural shift is the second, and possibly the greater challenge. The Assisted...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...de Responsabilidad Limitada (SL or SRL) JAPAN Kabushiki Kaisha (KK) Godo Kaisha (GK) Private limited companies cannot list their shares on a stock exchange because their shares are not allowed to be traded by the investing public. Shareholders of private limited companies usually must ask permission from the other shareholders in the company to sell their shares to a new...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...based signalling system, but we’re going to design and build a transition to the new European signalling systems. We’re also looking at how, perhaps, you can recover the heat from tunnel segment rings. And if we don’t achieve that on Crossrail then we’ll make sure that the industry is four or five years closer to future projects around the world. So those are the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs