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Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...children about a healthy diet. Activity 2 How much fruit and vegetables should you eat? Answer Fruit and vegetables should make up over a quarter of your daily intake. The message in Figure 1 is simple and it emphasizes balance rather than focusing on specific nutrients. However, SACN does recommend a range of intake levels for all nutrients and energy for males and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...children’s films, television programmes and picture books. However, the anthropomorphic masking of a rabbit’s ‘real’ face in Figure 1 is jarring, with the same effect as a destabilising use of written language. This illustration is a critique of how cute images of rabbits are so prevalent that they obscure the real rabbits that they supposedly represent. It...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany
History & The Arts

Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany

...Centre Party politician Matthias Erzberger. His role in the Armistice negotiations and during the peace negotiations that followed made him the most hated man in the Weimar Republic. Ultimately it led to his violent death in 1921 at the hands of some of the disaffected former soldiers who were unable to make their peace with the new German Republic and who blamed...
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Article 15 mins
Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...centres in Libya having been established over a decade ago to prevent the flow of migrants to Europe from sub-Saharan Africa. If you can keep people firmly on the ‘outside’, they can be denied access to rights that they would have if present on the ‘inside’. Open or closed Europe? With the outsourcing of EU border controls and member states taking back control of...
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Article 5 mins
How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

...research about Covid-19 pandemic and carers see our current research study. Many people routinely manage stress by problem-solving in a very active way, but this has not been possible, with many factors being outside the average person’s control. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (also known as ‘ACT’) is a type of psychological therapy that is often used for people...
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Article 10 mins
Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?

...researchers are increasingly becoming interested in the associations between such psychological factors and heart disease, particularly in women. The faster a heart attack is treated after it occurs, the less heart muscle is lost and the lower the risk of death and disability as a result. For both men and women the most common symptom of a heart attack is chest pain. But...
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Article 5 mins
Studying natural sciences bilingually
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying natural sciences bilingually

...research, education and conservation to media, business and management, to name but a few. Studying a course in Welsh could open even more doors, with an increasing number of employers looking for graduates with bilingual skills. The ability to discuss a subject at a highly technical level in more than one language is acknowledged as a valuable skill by employers in Wales...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, 1614T [Online]. Available at http://www.eppi.ioe.ac.uk/ cms/ LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=laxzMTLTTWM%3D&tabid=2415&mid=4477 (Accessed 7 March 2016). White, R. and Gunstone, R. (1992) Probing Understanding, London, Falmer Press...Assessment in secondary science: Further reading - Assessment...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs