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Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...et al. (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Publishers Ltd © Figure 5: Willmer, P. et al. (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Publishers Ltd Figure 5 The temperature at different sites within and outside the fur of a mammal adapted to arctic life. The temperature at the surface of the epidermis is close to that of deeper tissues below...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...articles that reveal the potential for personal error in the decisions of fingerprint experts. For example, in 2006 researchers in the School of Psychology at the University of Southampton published a paper in the peer-reviewed journal Forensic Science International, in which they presented some fingerprints to experts and asked them to confirm that they did not match a...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...et d'Arts) (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Please click to view Plate 1b: Plan of Thugga continued. (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Exploring Thugga (part 1, 8 minutes) PHIL PERKINS: This is the city of Thugga, in the ancient kingdom and Roman Province of Numidia. It lies on the slopes of the valley of the Oued Khalled, in a fertile landscape of olives and grain. The city is well preserved and...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...et al., 2004) and that student motivation aids progress (Hattie, 2012). Learner-centred approaches such as an enquiry approach or YPG are characterised by: students actively engaged in activities that may involve problem solving students having the opportunity to discuss their work with each other students deciding how to approach a task, with support and encouragement...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...et al., 2015). Hopkins and colleagues theorise that these social psychological processes are not especially exceptional or exotic; rather, they can be understood as continuous with our everyday ways of living in the twenty-first century. They demonstrate that events such as the Magh Mela both enhance well-being and revivify social identities. Attending the event enhances...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...articles about maths and statistics Learn how to read and interpret social data with our Postcode Patterns interactive 1) What's changed on More or Less over the years? Are there less statistical mistakes in the news these days? Transcript: "I hadn't noticed that, but you're probably right. And if that's true, why is it true?" KEVIN MCCONWAY: Thanks for talking to me Tim...
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Audio 20 mins
History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...articles in literary journals. The title list for Commonplace Book VI offers strong evidence of the professional reading of a literary critic and essayist. Vernon Lee clearly used her commonplace books to structure a considered response to an act of reading, but more immediate (and perhaps less guarded) responses can be found in the marginalia in 299 of the 425 books in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...article, a book, your social media feeds, or somewhere else? Activity 1 Watch this interview with Dr Shanon Shah and make a few notes about the main points. SHANON SHAH Talking about homosexuality and religion, we cannot ignore the necessity of having these spaces where you can have open discussions about a lot of things, not just sexuality. I suppose the running thread...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr