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Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...code of research (South African San Institute, 2017). Similarly, there are Indigenous bodies in Australasia and Canada who seek to advise those requesting to research Indigenous communities. In the following video, Alison Buckler and Alison Fox explore what it means to think about equitable research in settings, how research grows out of investing in relationships,...
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Article 30 mins
Centrifugal casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Centrifugal casting

...Simple cylindrical shapes such as cast iron pipes, bushes and cylinder liners are made using this technique. Complex-shaped components such as pulleys and gears have both internal and external surfaces shaped by the refractory mould and core. Composite components are formed by lining an outer shell with a cast alloy. White metal bearings are formed in this way. See Also:...
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Article 5 mins
The age of offence
Society, Politics & Law

The age of offence

...simple definition of ‘offence’ is that it’s the emotional reaction you have to words or actions which attack certain values that you hold dear. It’s experienced as a form of psychological harm – your ‘feelings get hurt’ – and specifically harm done towards your system of beliefs. By attacking your belief system, the person giving offence is also attacking...
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Video 30 mins
Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?
Money & Business

Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?

...simple example of steering a boat to illustrate feedback. (Incidentally, the word, 'cybernetics' originates in a Greek word meaning 'to steer'). When the boat deviates to the left, the person steering checks the deviation and moves the rudder to the left to move the boat back on course. Once corrected, the boat may then move too far to the right so that the person...
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Article 5 mins
Do we have a right to die?
History & The Arts

Do we have a right to die?

...simple question, such as the distinction between allowing someone to die (by withdrawing treatment) and enabling them to die (by intervening). Let us put that to one side and consider whether someone suffering from a terminal illness, with no chance of a cure, who is suffering, and who is of sound mind and who has expressed a wish to die, should be allowed to seek...
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Activity 5 mins
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...simple theory intended to answer Locke's question: The simple theory of communication The successful communication of knowledge about the world is possible because speakers are able to produce utterances with a specific meaning, and recognition of that meaning by an audience enables them to appreciate what the speaker intends to communicate. The key phrase is ‘specific...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus

...simple. All you need to do it click on the link, measure the AU and straight away you’ll be able to enter our interactive astronomical unit calculator. First thing you need to say is are you working from the results coming from the TV, so that’s our feed from Egypt. But for the sake of argument let’s say that you’re at one of the events around the UK, enter your...
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Activity 10 mins
Can animals be courageous?
History & The Arts

Can animals be courageous?

...simple answer. For one thing, not all animals are the same. What is true of lions and stags might not be true of chimpanzees, for example. Arguably, too, Nicias’ distinction between fearlessness and courage is too simple: perhaps there are possibilities between merely being oblivious to a danger and understanding why it needs to be faced. In Laches, the characters do...
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Article 10 mins