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Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
History & The Arts

Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?

...social media platform, it was unsurprising that tweets began streaming from his @realDonaldTrump account before noon on Inauguration Day. Trump’s first tweets as president included snippets of his inauguration speech, simple thank yous to supporters and a short clip of the Freedom Ball dance he shared with his wife. Within 24 hours, however, the new president stumbled...
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Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...social media influence (Taylor & Tarrant, 2019), all of which can lead to a lack of impartiality and a failure to consider the evidence presented in court. The piloting of juryless trials for rape and attempted rape cases has the potential to reduce bias in the decision-making process (Scottish government, 2023). Research has shown that jurors are more likely to acquit...
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Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...Social strategies help the learner work with others and understand the target culture as well as the target language. Reflection point To what extent have you observed students using these strategies in your own school context?...Teaching secondary modern foreign languages: 3.2 Promoting independent learning - Using learning strategies such as those outlined above implies...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...worked in the temple of Amun at Karnak during the reign of Amenhotep III (c. 1390-1352 BC). Amenhotep was one of the most important kings of the 18th Dynasty, one of the high points of Egyptian wealth, but his reign preceded a period of dramatic upheaval in Egyptian society. In 1820 eleven pieces were removed from the walls of the tomb-chapel, location now unknown, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...and the networks needed to connect it all together – are the same. As they do work to process and create data, they consume energy, of which a great deal is turned into heat. To avoid damage, this heat must be removed through cooling which itself is another major consumer of energy in the cloud. In some of the very best hyperscale data centres, the amount of energy used to cool is one tenth of that used to power the ......
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Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...work on things that they have neglected or not been able to work on previously. For example, understanding nutrition and trying out new nutritional strategies, working on their mental skills and mental preparation, or analysing their technical performance. Protect against burnout. This period of staying at home offers athletes the chance to rest more, get over those...
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Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...work. After the event participants were asked to reflect upon questions of identity and their learnings from the screening and the discussion. You can see some of the responses in this pdf. Here’s a few quotes from participants’ comments: ‘Great film and discussion about freedom to move – Alia Syed, hierarchies of citizenship and belonging and how who we are...
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The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...works as a convenient shorthand – an obvious example is the wearing of pink ribbons to mark breast cancer awareness. However, this colour coding can also be a cause for concern – there has been much anxious debate in the media about the ‘pinkification’ of products aimed at young girls, for example. It is argued that the association of pink with femininity entails...
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