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Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...student to work actively with a text than simply to read on and on, passively trying to absorb and remember it all. Sometimes we set in-text activities or exercises to test your grasp of key points, but that is not what we are going to do here. Instead, I recommend the following. If you have the time, make some summary notes as you go along. One good way to do this is to...
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...become a competent designer! In addition to the wide variety of contexts in which designing occurs there is also great variation in the types of knowledge required by designers. Design teams are rarely static in their composition, and will rarely rely on the skills of designers alone. Specialist contributions will be sought throughout the whole process of designing: for...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...students who [INAUDIBLE].. Especially for students who [INAUDIBLE].. For maximum enjoyment, why not make sure you rise up? Why not make sure you rise up, and dance to the sound the new [INAUDIBLE] music. No more, no less. Let’s dance [INAUDIBLE]. No more, no less. Let’s dance [INAUDIBLE]. Rise up and dance to my new [INAUDIBLE].. Rise up to dance to my new...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...becomes cap h 11 indicating its atoms contain one proton and one electron...Session 1: Atoms – the building blocks of matter: 1.3 Isotopes - You will recall, way back in the nineteenth century, John Dalton popularised the idea of matter being composed of atoms. More specifically he proposed that the atoms of each element are identical, especially in mass. The discovery...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...become blocked by aggregates of human antibodies bound to horse proteins, triggering local inflammation and even kidney failure. Although passive immunisation is now used infrequently due to the introduction of more effective chemotherapeutic agents and active vaccines, it was critically important in the past. For example, horse antiserum prevented thousands of deaths...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Data and processes in computing
Digital & Computing

Data and processes in computing

...becomes [50297, 50152], and so on. When a new item is recorded, the state of till5 changes, and changes in a way that is predictable. Specifically, the current state is changed by appending the newest item to the end of the sequence, giving a new state. We have described the change of a till state in a way that is quite general. The description is not peculiar to the...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...the Irish Sea, its ports, and the rest of the world, becoming a vital link for industry. Canals: The making of a nation first airs on BBC One on Friday 28th August 2015 at 9.30pm, with locally-focused episodes broadcast throughout the regions. The series will be repeated on BBC Four later in the year. Full broadcast details and watch again links can be found on bbc.co.uk....
Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?

...become scarcer and election officials are increasingly forced to hoard rare parts needed to keep their equipment running. Neal Kelley, registrar in Orange County, California – the sixth-largest jurisdiction in the country – told us that he relies on a “back stock” of spare parts to keep his machines running. At some point, the inability to find replacement parts...