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The Romantics
History & The Arts

The Romantics

...and studying literature... Romantic authorship Professor Andrew Bennett discusses the idea of authorship. The self How did Romantic writers represent ‘the self’? Wordsworth and De Quincy Bill Greenwell adapts one of Wordsworth’s poems ‘To daffodils’ in the voice of Thomas De Quincy. Romantic timelines What is the impact of writing in different literary periods?...
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What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?
Education & Development

What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?

...classes and that we are facing a chronic shortage of teachers, the whole area of the government’s strategic planning in education is called into question. [David Cameron visits the Magna Academy in Poole] David Cameron on a visit to the Magna Academy, Poole A sticking plaster approach As parliament’s public accounts committee pointed out in January 2015: “The DfE...
Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...class homes had accessed synchronous or asynchronous learning opportunities, compared with just 16% of working class pupils. The Children’s Commissioner for England rightly highlights concerns around the widening of this disadvantage gap, most often noticed during the longer summer break. The digital divide has also widened – not all families have access to multiple...
Rhieni a gwarcheidwaid: Ateb eich cwestiynau
Education & Development

Rhieni a gwarcheidwaid: Ateb eich cwestiynau

...De Cymru yma i ateb eich cwestiynau. ...Cyngor ar gyfer y broses ymgeisio A ydych chi’n pendroni sut allwch chi gymryd rhan a chynnig cefnogaeth yn ystod y broses ymgeisio? Yn y fideo hwn, mae Alexandra yn cynnig cyngor ymarferol mewn perthynas â sut allwch chi gynorthwyo eich person ifanc yn ystod o broses o wneud penderfyniad, o fynychu dyddiau agored i geisiadau...
The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...classes. The cabinets were designed to amaze the viewer with each object telling its own story. The impetus behind much of this lay in men's piety and superstition that valued the rare or peculiar - a prized horn from a unicorn, unusually shaped stones, monstrosities of nature. Perhaps most famous of these was 'Tradescant's Ark,' a collection of items that came to form...
Ancient Rain: Historic monsoons could help us respond to climate change
Nature & Environment

Ancient Rain: Historic monsoons could help us respond to climate change

...variability can be revealed in the shell chemistry of tiny (about the size of a sand grain) ocean-dwelling organisms called foraminifera. These organisms build their shells from calcium carbonate, soaking up the chemistry of the seawater surrounding them as they do this. The chemistry of the seawater that they lock into their shells can record the temperature of the...
Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...classes, ethnic groups, or gender (Pullin, 1993). Equity issues are particularly important when assessment results are used to label students or deny them access to courses or careers in the future. Cooper (1998) conducted research using the English National Curriculum KS3 test questions, which suggests some potential lack of fairness in testing regimes. It is likely that...
What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?
Digital & Computing

What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?

...variables in world: how likely a zombie is to infect a person they meet how much people seek out other non-zombie people how much better groups are at defending each other than lone individuals how dense the initial population is Each variable changed over a range, and I set up a virtual world for each of the 3000 or so combinations of starting conditions. With 100 runs...