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Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...Les empreintes digitales’ (1912) on the uniqueness of 16 ridge points on fingerprints to identify people. In 1999 the paper was found to have contained altered images and fingerprints are now considered as opinion evidence, not proof a person was there. This finding was recently reported by Miller (2013) in his law blog. August Vollmer (1876–1955) was the chief of...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...simple; […] Sure it’s simple, writing for kids. Just as simple as bringing them up’ (Le Guin, 1992, p. 49)’ Activity 2 Understanding the purposes of children’s literature (Part 1) Timing: Allow about 15 minutes for this section Now read the first excerpt of ‘Instruction and delight’ by Peter Hunt. Peter Hunt: Instruction and delight (2009) Part 1 – The Key Questions Many people come to children’s literature as a relief, as a......
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...Du Bois, 2002). These factors add other dimensions to food security. To fulfil these dimensions, emphasis on production alone is not sufficient. In Activity 2, you will get a sense of the diversity of diets, dietary choices and preferences around the world. Activity 2 Dinner plates around the world Timing: Allow around 1 hour This activity asks you to read an article that...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: datblygu sefydliadol
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: datblygu sefydliadol

...DU. Roedd yn rhaid i ni wneud yn siŵr felly bod pawb yn deall beth oedd yn rhaid i ni ei wneud yn y swyddfa yng Nghymru mewn perthynas â gweithio yn Milton Keynes ar waith ar y campws, a deall sut roeddem yn addasu ein prosesau yng Nghymru, yn addasu ein harferion gwaith, yn sicrhau bod y swyddfa'n ddiogel i bobl a oedd yn dod i mewn lle roedd yn bwysig iawn eu bod yn...
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...sang a different pitch which formed the harmony. This moved together with the melody and created block chords. Audio 5 was polyphonic. The singers sang different melodies which interwove to form a pleasing harmony. Audio 31 was an example of a monophonic texture with a single, unaccompanied singer...Week 4: Texture, dynamics and structure: 1.3 Creating dynamic change in...
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...Les Sables-d’Olonne in France, which sits at 46.49 degrees north. On the outward portion of the race the sailors made their way south across the Bay of Biscay, down the Atlantic Ocean and crossing the equator, before rounding the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa at 34.36 degrees south (Figure 4). On this outward Atlantic leg, once the sailors left the...
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...Le Verrier and Adams in the nineteenth century? b.What do the paper’s authors think can be learned from the history of particle physics? c.Do the authors think there is strong evidence that a paradigm shift to a new cosmological model is needed? Discussion a.It was observed that the orbit of Uranus appeared inconsistent with Newtonian gravity. Bessel postulated that a...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...sang about love, sex, and relationships from positions of power and control, while the aggressive sound of the music, produced by amplified electric guitars, affirmed a dominating masculine sexuality. Women’s position within rock music has been particularly fraught and they were generally pushed into marginal or hidden spaces...Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution:...