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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...classes. Disciples of Samuel Smiles, they urged working people to emulate Burns on the grounds of his belief in independence – a value that remained deeply embedded in working class culture well into the twentieth century. By the middle classes as well as the Tory-leaning aristocracy, he was portrayed as a credible example of how with hard work and the grace of God (the...
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Article 10 mins
Dance skills
Education & Development

Dance skills

...class and ask for feedback from the students on aspects that you will be able to evaluate, for example on whether it has increased their heart rate or made them feel warm. For further information about health and safety for dance, click on ‘view document’ below to read Warming Up and Cooling Down and visit the Dance UK website. view document...Dance skills: 2 Posture,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The fascination with crime
Science, Maths & Technology

The fascination with crime

...This track looks at peoples attitudes towards crime and begins to explore definitions of crime, with contributions from the general public. The criminal justice system Is there a moral basis for our legal system? Criminologist Louise Westmarland attempts to answer this question. Criminal psychologist Oliver James looks at the link between upbringing, class and crime....
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Audio 30 mins
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...class prostitute - by showing her with spring flowers, in the role of Flora, he gives her a kind of classical respectability. Titian’s painting is thought to have inspired the 17th century Dutch painter Rembrandt’s painting of his wife Saskia in the role of Flora. Increasingly, however, artists turned away from classical mythology in their depiction of spring. Some,...
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Video 15 mins
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...classes you teach – or it might be a whole school issue or problem that you feel needs investigating. At this stage, it might be helpful to complete Activity 1 for more than one topic. Activity 2: Starting research Timing: Time: 35 minutes Spend about 30 minutes searching the internet for material related to your chosen area or topic and begin to explore other work in...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...class I and class 2 molecules. The genes are highly variable between different individuals – no two people have the same set of MHC genes (except identical twins). The antigenic peptides that are bound to MHC class I molecules are 8–10 amino-acid residues in length, and they are bound non-covalently in a cleft on the outer surface of the MHC molecule, as shown in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View
Society, Politics & Law

Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View

...class and gender, and between feminism and socialism. It was this question above all others which led to a major and irreversible split within one of the most important of the women's suffrage organisations, the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU, commonly know as the Suffragettes, founded in 1903). This split mirrored the ideological rift with her mother, Emmeline,...
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Article 10 mins
Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...class and race. It also plays into a narrative where histories of the private sphere are viewed as of lesser historical importance than those of politics and public protest. There is no space in this programme for the sort of stories which, for example, underpin Catherine Hall and Leonore Davidoff’s Family Fortunes. This seminal 1989 study of “the world as provincial...
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Article 5 mins