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What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...change substantially over the course of the eighteenth century but much more information about him and his teachings began to accumulate. The Encyclopédie of Diderot and d’Alembert was certainly the most famous of the compendia of knowledge of the Enlightenment, but it was not the only one. Inspired by it, in 1764 Voltaire published his own, which he called...
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Article 5 mins
Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...changed when multiple positionalities are equitably included throughout the process. You can demonstrate your trust and belief in people in different ways too. For instance, you can support people to experience being a Principal Investigator or make sure that Work Package leads are shared among people with a variety of backgrounds. Ilyés (2019) explores how approaches...
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Article 15 mins
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...changes were more frequent in phase 2. Phase 3 (47 live birds, 11 deaths, 1.4% per day) lasted from the 4th day until 3 weeks and was characterised by a transition from the acute conditions of phases 1 and 2 to the chronic conditions of phase 4. Phase 4 (36 live birds, 25 deaths, 0.4% per day) started at 3 weeks and was terminated at 28 weeks, when most of the survivors...
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Article 10 mins
What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...changes to the host’s cells, which can damage or kill them. The production of new viral particles leads to more of the host’s cells becoming infected and underlies the transmission of the virus to a new host. It’s estimated that every millilitre of seawater contains up to 100 million viruses, while lake sediments contain around 20 billion viruses per gram.How long a...
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Article 20 mins
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...changes in response. Ask your class about their views and explore the innovations they suggest. Sustain any changes over time and document differences to children’s dispositions and desire to read. At all costs, we must avoid routinising this pedagogy and ensure, for example, that the reading aloud choices are made by children as well as teachers. The books which we...
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In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...change the way you see the night sky. You’ll examine one of the most famous constellations, Orion, who the Ancient Greeks believed was a huntsman placed among the stars by Zeus himself. Starting with its famous nebula where new stars and planets are being formed, you’ll take a look at the seven brightest stars that make up this constellation, including the supergiants...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...changing. Originally, fibre was used just for stand-alone point-to-point links. Signal processing – amplification, regeneration, switching and routeing, for example – was done in electronic components. Now, however, devices for optical signal processing have been developed so that ‘all-optical networking’ is possible. In this unit the basics of communication over...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...change their practice. Some participants described being unsatisfied with the outcome of their referral, but they wanted to ensure that people are aware of their concerns. According to an interview participant: [The quote reads: ‘… He won’t go to court or he won’t go to jail or anything … Can you believe that? Now, I don’t care because to me it’s more like...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs