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The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...central peak that are characteristic of craters larger than this. At yet larger diameters the central peak is replaced by a ring of peaks, as in the crater in the lower right of Figure 1. The largest impact structures of all are multiringed impact basins (like Mercury's Caloris basin), dating from 4 to 3.8 billion years ago. The 2500 km diameter South Pole Aitken basin...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...central computer to verify that I am authorised to enter. Emailing a colleague from my work computer Network linking my computer to my colleague's computer. Making a phone call from a landline telephone Handset and telephone line to local exchange. Network of telephone exchanges. Sending a text message on my mobile phone Mobile phone. Wireless connection into mobile phone...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Emotion: an introductory picture
History & The Arts

Emotion: an introductory picture

...central cases at least, it is held to be something that we do, and which is under our control. We choose to focus on a problem, to search for more evidence, to settle on a decision, and so on. In contrast, emotions are viewed as involuntary occurrences: emotions are things that happen to us, rather than things we do. Indeed, people are sometimes said to be ‘overcome’...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...central section with a series of embedded ionic columns around it and surmounted with an Egyptian style moulding. The upper section, like the lower has lotus flower pilasters at the corners. Above the pilasters is another Egyptian moulding and a pyramid to crown the building. At each of the four corners stood a winged female figure. And at the top sat a lion. Similar...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
The story of the Welsh national anthem
History & The Arts

The story of the Welsh national anthem

...central pause for the poignant refrain ‘Gwlad! Gwlad!’ (literally ‘Country! Country!’). The report of the St David’s Day dinner in the Cardiff press was routine, but it prompted a letter in the South Wales Daily Post from Frederick Atkins, an Oxford-educated, English-born, Cardiff organist using the self-appointed title ‘Professor of Music’. He claimed that...
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Laibach and think of North Korea: The subversive political message of the Slovenian band
History & The Arts

Laibach and think of North Korea: The subversive political message of the Slovenian band

...central to the official narratives of the new country. Mussolini on stage Laibach appeared in Slovenia the early 1980s. Their flagrant use of the Nazi-era name angered those who still remembered the war. Yugoslav partisan veteran organisations voiced their disapproval of the group through a public letter-writing campaign, many of which were published in the popular press....
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What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...central railway station on October 10, which killed 102 people and injured more than 400 – the deadliest terrorist attack in Turkey’s history. The bombs appeared to have targeted a “Labour, Peace and Democracy” rally organised by opposition parties and leftist groups. No organisation has yet claimed responsibility for either attack, but the AKP government has...
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Article 10 mins
Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
History & The Arts

Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction

...central consciousness in To Kill a Mockingbird, a tomboyish young girl called Scout is clearly based on the author herself. Autobiographical it may be, but Lee was and remains a deeply private person; a symptom of this is that she identified herself as “Harper” not “Nelle” when the book was published. After publication, Lee seemed almost mortified by its success:...
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