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Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...become a foundational piece of scholarship within feminist musicology. In the first section of the article, Citron contends that for any work to stand a chance of being included in the canon it has to be written, published, and circulated, reach public consciousness through a first performance, remain there through repeat performances, and receive a positive review early...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...become when being read to and you may well have had a similar experience yourself, when reading a great book on the beach in your holidays for example. In such instances you can become so immersed in the story and its characters that it can feel like you are wrenched from the world in the story when something drags you back to reality. [This image shows a person in a...
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...becoming increasingly popular, and there usually is plenty of coffee or tea, too. While learning about various breakfast options, you will practise using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense. You will also learn new vocabulary to help you to talk about food and drink. To help you memorise these new words, you will look at strategies for learning vocabulary and...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...student debt and the expansion of online courses and better links between high school, two-year, and four-year colleges to bring down the cost of higher education. These Republicans and their Democratic counterparts recognize they have to focus on the issues holding back working families from realizing their dreams. Senator Rubio said it most clearly: if we don’t...
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...students and Trump’s July 26 Twitter pronouncement that the U.S. military will no longer allow transgender service members – some have questioned whether this visibility has actually meant greater acceptance of trans people. Studies have shown that entertainment has the power to shape attitudes on health and social issues, from organ donation to the death penalty. But...
A polyglot life
Languages

A polyglot life

...student, on my degree also shared my strong passion for languages, and we hit it off immediately. At last, I had real people I could talk to about the subject I loved most: learning multiple languages. For my studies and with jobs following that time, I started travelling around to different places. Meanwhile, the Internet was a place that changed, evolved and grew during...
Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...Student, male, 22, Enfield) "A lot of blah" is the most frequent remark from the women in the factory. "Don't believe a word of it; we're 'eard these promises before". (Stores Keeper, female, 57, Winchcombe) 'I think it is direct encouragement to the lower type of humanity to breed like rabbits' (Temporary civil servant, female, 38) Further reading Social Insurance and...
Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...students. Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity protection, which means that we must remain skeptical and security-minded whenever we’re online. Courses in the humanities, history and rhetoric assist in developing the critical thinking skills and inquisitive minds needed in the modern workforce and nicely complement any necessary technical skills. Such lessons...