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George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...projection of Orwell's infant misery. On the other hand, you could say that when he started thinking about 1984, it encouraged him to recast his school days in a kind of totalitarian form. But there's obviously a relationship between those two pieces of writing. And together, they say something very profound, if not about the way in which Orwell's childhood actually...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
History & The Arts

Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing

...management speak, the kind of words that politicians are using this year, the kind of words that school kids are using this year. Every job, every profession, every social class has its own vocabulary, and they change year on year, and I think one of the jobs of a playwright is to listen to those and keep up to date with those. I think on the whole you instinctively...
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Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...managing their worry and building their confidence’. The capacity to understand, often intuitively, and ‘read’ the performer was highlighted by many of the research participants as a central feature of an effective coach-performer relationship. A human coach would likely be better at reading their gymnast’s body language and adapt their coaching to make the...
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Article 5 mins
Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...projected image of dynamism, Glasgow was regarded as the place which best illustrated all that was wrong with the modern industrial city: ‘Once called the “second city of the British Empire” because of its size and industrial might, Glasgow had sunk so low that even the locals disdained it’ (Bryson, 1989). [Figure 2] (Based on the cover of the exhibition catalogue...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...managers use formulae when setting up spreadsheets; and special effects organisers use them to calculate safe distances when working with pyrotechnics. Thus practising writing and reading formulae is vital preparation for employment, since the ability to express relationships symbolically and work with algebra is essential in so many careers. Words: 0 Part 2 Consider a...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...manager of the Maryam Centre at the East London Mosque, who will explain how the Maryam Centre is used. As you listen, reflect on if your assumptions about women’s spaces – does Sufia Alam say anything that surprises you? [Described image] Figure 17 Sufia Alam, East London Mosque, October 2016. Photo: Roshni Amin Stefanie Sinclair Hello - I’m Stefanie Sinclair. I am...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 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

...manager of the project and felt she was being picked on. After some unsuccessful attempts to secure better compliance with the court-ordered reparation work, Gina has been taken back to court by the Youth Offending Team (YOT) because they are obliged by the law to do so if they cannot secure compliance with the order. The court report prepared by the local YOT worker...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...projects, and graduate-degree theses. Teachers—including college professors—have plagiarised journal articles, course materials, and textbooks. Researchers have plagiarised reports, articles, and book chapters. Although academic plagiarism is not new, what is new since the latter years of the 20th century is the ease with which writings on virtually any topic can be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs