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Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge
Languages

Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge

...children’s book. The French title avoids any reference to a stone altogether with Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (Harry Potter at the Wizards’ School). The seventh book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, proved difficult to translate, so J.K. Rowling provided translators with the alternative title Harry Potter and the Relics of Death, which was the basis...
Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween
History & The Arts

Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween

...Children throughout Wales will be dressed in witch or ghost costumes come October 31, going from door to door, chorusing “trick or treat” in the hope of receiving sweets. In other words, the scene will be very much like that encountered at Halloween in the rest of the UK. On posters advertising Halloween events in Wales, the word Halloween is rendered in Welsh as Nos...
Why would British athletes choose winter sports?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why would British athletes choose winter sports?

...children whose parents have the income to afford skiing holidays. Finally, one of the most important factors influencing why an athlete might move into a winter sport is role models. Medals won in the past four Winter Olympics in skeleton have certainly boosted the profile of the sport and may encourage more athletes to consider taking it up. Any British athletes gaining...
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...researchers the coupled evolution of life and planet Earth, develops and uses Earth system models, and studies the prospects for early warning of climate tipping points. His work won the Times Higher Education Award for Research Project of the Year 2008. He has also received a Philip Leverhulme Prize 2004, a European Geosciences Union Outstanding Young Scientist Award...
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...researchers who are studying what do we know about how people learn. The software engineers who are looking at what are the affordances of the technology, the human computer interaction experts who look at the interface between humans and computers, and the domain experts, the faculty who teach statistics, chemistry, philosophy. This is not just about online courseware....
Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...children considering the resolution an attack on American culture and some African Americans considering it an orchestrated effort to continue to perpetuate the marginalisation of African American children. Similar racial tensions were felt in England with regards to Multicultural London English (MLE). MLE is best defined as a multiethnolect with varying output of...
Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...research by some of the earth’s most intelligent mathematicians and scientists, it can only answer the questions asked of it. So, as the saying goes, ask a stupid question. The frothy solution Current CAD [computer-aided design] vendors are now selling suites which have cut-down versions of FEA engines integrated with computer-aided design software. The notion is to...
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...children as young as two can use. The nursery keeps its records on a computer and it has a website. At work, I write using a computer and find information both from the library catalogues and from the internet using my computer. I send and receive emails from colleagues down the corridor as easily as those from across the world. During my lunch break I stop at the bank....