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Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...based models, or mathematical models which explore an element of the product’s performance understand that there is rarely a unique solution to any design problem. Part of the skill of a designer is in finding a problem–solution pair, and the best compromise understand how models of the design process are formulated, and how they can be applied to understand the...
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...de Santiago de Compostela in Spain, for reasons other than seeking redemption or specifically religious benefits. But music and pilgrimage routes are also carefully designed and presented for the benefit of religious people. In these and similar experiences, religion and culture inform each other...Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture: 2 Either/or or...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...based on the frequency of themes that emerged during the exploratory thematic analysis. This qualitative analysis indicated that the effect of fun in online learning varied according to the different meanings attributed to it by students. A significant number of students presented positive views regarding the impact of fun in online learning. They identified various...
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Article 20 mins
Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...base. Osborne has proposed a reduction in capital gains tax from 28% to 20%, a reduction of corporation tax to 17%, and a raising of the higher income tax threshold to £45,000. These are prime measures for raising inequality even further, by shifting the tax burden onto labour. Lower corporation tax rates simply incentivise large multinationals to indulge in creative...
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Article 10 mins
The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...based on this modern-day fable of Siberian polar bears, what else does this tell us about human morality and our future on the planet? To explore this further, another story which broke around the same time as the Belushya Guba bears is worth telling. This story concerns insects and the stark warning that insect species are disappearing at an alarming rate. Such warnings...
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Article 15 mins
Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland

...Based on feedback from workers, this policy only stands to further criminalise the work and marginalise the workers. GMB Union supports the decriminalisation of sex work in order to allow the industry to be properly regulated and create safe systems of work for all workers.” To conclude, the issue of whether selling sex should be criminalised in Scotland must also...
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Article 10 mins
Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...based on the eyes, pointing up. Although the triangles are different in size (and one is upside down), they are actually exactly the same shape. They are therefore what are known as similar triangles. As a result, corresponding measurements are exactly in proportion. For example, if the width of the large triangle (the distance between pupils) happened to be one quarter...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...base load power. We've got to keep the lights on. We’ve got to save the planet. All those sorts of buzzwords were going around. And there was deeply embedded a nuclear lobby, which I think was powerful. The discourse was pro-nuclear. There was a sort of political inertia and therefore when Fukushima occurred and when people like myself thought “surely the game’s up...
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