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Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...work has been recently published in Nature Climate Change, Nature, Climatic Change, Regional Environmental Change, Climate Policy. Climate Analytics Climate Analytics - Facebook Climate Analytics - Twitter Transcript Bill Hare Interview Stories of Change Project Interview Transcript Key RH: = Roger Harrabin BH: = Bill Hare, founder and CEO of Climate Analytics. Physicist...
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Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...work. Mathematics is not simply a fixed collection of facts but a complex discipline. Consequently assessment in secondary mathematics should not be concerned only with what facts students can recall. Rather attention needs to be paid to the different elements of mathematics including students’ conceptual understanding of key ideas and their connections, investigative...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...works on the site in 1830. This remained in operation until 1897, after which the works fell into decay, with only a few buildings remaining occupied and maintained. One was Danygraig House; the others were a stable and the former school for tinplate workers' children. In time, even Danygraig House became derelict, and in 1981 the whole site was taken over by the National...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Building a crystal radio set
Science, Maths & Technology

Building a crystal radio set

...work. Generally the aerial will be a length of wire, which should be as long and as high as possible. A wire strung from an upstairs window to a distant tree will work well; say 30 metres long and seven metres high. The type of wire is not critical, but PVC covered stranded copper wire of about 2 milimetres diameter will work well. If the wire is too thin it may break in...
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Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...working in Online and Distance Education for twenty years, and in that time I’ve watched online teaching take shape as a mainstream mode of distance education. One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that a lot of teachers are understandably uncertain about how to make their teaching more accessible to neurodivergent students who might have a range of different –...
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Has Jeremy Corbyn saved Labour simply by standing for election?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Jeremy Corbyn saved Labour simply by standing for election?

...social class DE, social housing renters, some black and minority ethnic voters and other hard-to-reach groups. That would mean not only that fewer constituencies were Labour-winnable, but that there were simply fewer potential Labour supporters registered in 2020. Stacking the deck The strategy is well underway. First was the ERA Bill’s proposal to change voter...
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The future of emojis
Languages

The future of emojis

...social media posting there will be a prominent place for emojis in digital discourse. Judging by our own research at Emojipedia, emojis have never been more popular on social media than they are today, even though certain emojis appear to have passed the peak of their popularity (😂 Face with Tears of Joy, specifically). PS: Yes, it’s worth thinking of emojis as...
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Detecting fake images
Society, Politics & Law

Detecting fake images

...social media message with a beautiful image from a friend. The image shows a cute little girl happily hugging a large lion, as shown below. It is a touching image but isn’t it too dangerous to hug a wild animal? Would you let your daughter take part in a photo like this? I normally wouldn’t, but I would this time as I know the girl was not really hugging the lion. It...
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