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Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...social. If you typed ‘Icarus’ into an internet search engine, this no doubt yielded a fascinating but random range of Icarus-related themes with plenty of examples from popular culture as well as more traditional ‘high’ arts. For example, popular contemporary music boasts a long list of Icarus references, from Joni Mitchell’s lyrics about airwoman Amelia Earhart...
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...interactions – reducing complaints and the number of stops and searches. London’s ‘Global City’ status, with around 31,000 officers, means this trial will address an evidence gap on the impact of BWV in a larger UK force. (Grossmith et al., 2015, p.5) The full College of Policing report outlines in detail the process taken and the conclusions reached. One useful...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...social media feeds, surrounded by people who look like us and share the same political outlook and never challenge our assumptions ...’. Activity 4 Reflecting Timing: Allow about 2 minutes Having watched Eli Pariser’s talk, take a few moments to consider whether you are in a filter bubble. Do you think you are getting a balanced information diet?...Session 2: Getting...
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...social interactions are a fundamental part of making successful recordings, and the more sensitive you are when making such preparations for a recording session, the more help you will get during a session, and with future sessions. It may not be possible to eliminate all types of noise, and in the winter, it may not be possible to turn off the central heating. In these...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...social superiors. Click below to open ‘The Lower Orders’ (21 pages). Make sure to open the link in a new tab/window so you can easily return here. thelowerorders.pdf629.9 KB PDF document...Welsh history and its sources: 2.1.5 The Remaking of Wales in the Eighteenth Century - This is the introductory essay to the volume The Remaking of Wales in the Eighteenth Century....
Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...interaction with water, whether at sea or on canals and rivers, is important. In the field of civil engineering, the simulation and study of tides and tidal flows is necessary in the design of harbours, canals, protective barrier schemes, drainage pipe lines, offshore structures, etc...This course introduces the properties of the atmosphere and how wind movements arise....
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...social worker, had been out in West London when a confrontation between his friends and another group of youths turned violent. Though he was not directly involved in the fight the prosecution’s case against him rested on phone calls he had made to friends who subsequently arrived at the scene and fatally stabbed the victim. Alexander knew that his friends carried...
A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...social libertarians—for her achievements as a woman. On the official Weibo account of the Sanlian Life Weekly magazine—which tends to have a more liberal readership—an article describing Clinton’s impressive political career generated a lot of positive attention. Commenters expressed fondness and respect for her as someone who shows “extraordinary courage and...