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Ancient Rain: Historic monsoons could help us respond to climate change
Nature & Environment

Ancient Rain: Historic monsoons could help us respond to climate change

Researching the Indian summer monsoon can allow us to develop a better understanding of our changing climate says PhD student, Katrina Nilsson-Kerr...[Monsoon in the valleys of Madhya Pradesh, India] The valleys of Madhya Pradesh, India, during monsoon season The Indian summer monsoon represents a significant component of the global climate system, specifically its...
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Light: Wave-particle duality
Science, Maths & Technology

Light: Wave-particle duality

...research of the equally brilliant Scottish physicist, James Clerk Maxwell. He calculated that oscillating electric and magnetic fields would propagate through space with the speed of light, and that therefore light itself was an example of electromagnetic radiation. It was subsequently recognised that a whole spectrum of electromagnetic radiation exists, from the short...
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Creative Writing
History & The Arts

Creative Writing

...research tool and a repository of unique material. Liz Jensen, Development and Decisions Author Liz Jensen talks about her novels and how they develop in terms of storyline, plot, character and voice, How she often rejects planning in favour of a more organic approach to her work. Structure, Revision and Theme Novelist Liz Jensen talks about narrative viewpoints, and...
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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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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
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...researched or ‘hidden’. While we may seek to take some comfort from assumptions that discussions of poverty and inequality should start from questions of social justice, this contrasts with long-standing ideas that the poor are a ‘problem’, at times a ‘dangerous’ population. Such populations are also often associated with particular places; for instance, with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
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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