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Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...Changing views of the artist consolidated his integration into the literary canon. Viewed in the light of the biographies of romantic poets like Shelley (1792–1822), an avowed atheist, and Byron (1788–1824), surrounded through much of his career by sexual scandal, Marlowe's tumultuous life and early death, along with his sensational plays, began to look less like...
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...change in the political culture of this country both nationally and locally: for people to think of themselves as active citizens, willing, able and equipped to have an influence in public life. Crick report, 1998 In the DfES document Making Sense of Citizenship: A CPD Handbook a distinction is drawn between acts citizenship and status citizenship (Chapter 1: ‘Spelling...
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...change with time. In fact it is now apparent that the expansion rate of the Universe is not constant in time, so we can refer to the time-varying Hubble parameter cap h of t , which is related to time-varying value of the scale factor by cap h of t equals a dot above of t divided by a of t Equation label: (2b) For many years it was believed that the expansion rate of the...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...change between units – usually known as converting. So, if one centimetre is a hundredth of a metre, that means one metre must contain 100 centimetres. Similarly, one metre contains 1000 millimetres and one kilometre is the same as 1000 metres. This can be summarised as follows: 1 km = 1000 m 1 m = 100 cm 1 m = 1000 mm. or in a diagram that shows how to change between...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...change may, in part, be a reflection of the diminished importance of smell. The brain. This organ is relatively large. The cerebral cortex - in primates, more often called the neocortex - is elaborately folded and complex in structure. This part of the brain is involved with the highly complex processes that include learning, reasoning and memory. In all, up to 30 or so...
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...climate emergencies to supporting sustainable population increases across the world, but also as a means to radically improving health and educational outcomes, addressing long-standing challenges in medicine, science and engineering, and protecting political freedoms and promoting economic stability. On the other hand, there are as many – if not more – voices warning...
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Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...changed by authorised people or processes (integrity) be available to read and use whenever we want (availability). Often, these properties are represented as a ‘triad’ (see Figure 2). [This diagram demonstrates the three pillars of information security in the 'CIA triad'.] Figure 3 The CIA triad It is important to be able to distinguish between these three aspects of...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...changes in a group of autistic children receiving the intervention with an age- and intellectually-matched group of children also with autism, but not receiving the intervention...Week 1: Introducing the autism spectrum: 4.3 Brain imaging - Much of the evidence for differences in the brain in autistic people comes from brain imaging methods. Some – for instance Magnetic...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs