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Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music
History & The Arts

Listen Up! Developing an appreciation of music

...needn't be an onerous task. Further Reading Music: an Appreciation Roger Kamien, McGraw-Hill Education What to Listen for in Jazz Barry Kernfield, Yale University Press. The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening Joseph Machlis and Kristine Forney, W W Norton & Co Ltd. Classical Music Edited by Joe Staines, Rough Guides. Discover more music content...
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Free tech tools to help you study
Digital & Computing

Free tech tools to help you study

...introduction to some of the free and accessible tech and software solutions out there. It’s not exhaustive list because there are so many options to explore. Once you’ve explored these, we hope you explore your options further – experiment with them and find out what works for you and how you enjoy studying. Things to try: build your own study toolkit Choose one...
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Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...Project My name is Ade Thomas and I am the founder of Green.TV which is an online platform for publishing sustainability, clean tech and conservation video content. This is what I do So, Green.TV’s mission is to communicate conservation, clean tech and sustainability issues. We do that via what we call a multichannel publishing platform; that means a system of channels...
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Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...Project Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October 2014 My name is Caroline Underwood and I’m now a senior producer at the CBC’s science series called The Nature of Things with David Suzuki. How I got started I was one of those unlikely little girls that actually did like to play out of doors and my father liked to walk and we did a lot of walking in the woods. When I went to...
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Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...Introduction - Software makes the world go round. Cars and TVs have software that controls how they work, and global commerce and finance are impossible without software that control the stocks, carry out payments, find the best transport route, etc. Coding (or programming) is the construction of software. Coding involves writing a ‘recipe’, which in computing is...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?
Science, Maths & Technology

How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?

...managed to estimate Leave’s share exactly, let alone underestimate it. In short, the polls (and especially those conducted by phone) collectively underestimated the strength of Leave support. [Table showing the various standings of opinion polls prior to the vote] There is little doubt that the companies are disappointed with this outcome. Some have already issued...
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How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome
Health, Sports & Psychology

How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome

...managed, yet again, to peak at the optimum time? Training for success It all comes down to a technique called “periodised training” – a strategy which has long been used to prepare athletes for major events. The training year is divided and organised to ensure that peak performance is achieved at the optimum time – in this case, at the Olympic Games. A multi-year...
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If a pig gives you a new liver, do you give the pig rights?
History & The Arts

If a pig gives you a new liver, do you give the pig rights?

...managed to implant human stem cells into a pig embryo – pushing us a step closer to such a future. There are also other important applications from such research, such as the study of developmental processes and diseases of many kinds. We are, at minimum, several steps and several years away from being able to create fully grown human-animal chimeras. But worries over...
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