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Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
Science, Maths & Technology

Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...technique called relative aperture photometry to obtain lightcurves (measurements of brightness over time). As the asteroid rotates, a different surface area reflects light from the Sun back towards Earth, with a higher reflecting area leading to an increase in observed brightness from Earth and vice versa. These lightcurves will therefore provide information about the...
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Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling
Languages

Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling

...techniques she uses is the ventriloquising of other people’s words. In the video installation The Singing Will Never be Done, for instance, she recites the text of Enoch Powell’s infamous anti-immigration speech, the ‘Rivers of Blood’, from the late 1960s. With this simple act of placing the words of one person into the mouth of another – Powell, a right-wing...
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The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

The emergence of breaking as an Olympic sport

...technique, execution, originality and musicality will be used. Breaking: a sport founded on artistry Breaking has developed significantly since it emerged on the streets and in the clubs of New York. There is no doubt that the athleticism and physical skills required are comparable to other sports, but what makes it a sport is not the athleticism by itself, but the...
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What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?

...techniques and meditation practices such as mindfulness which you could use to help yourself. The information provided by MIND is a good starting point. 6: Try voluntary work or sport and leisure activities [volunteer woman garden] Becoming actively engaged in community activities through volunteering, community education, or sport and leisure activities can be a good way...
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The Z Files: Jon Chase
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Jon Chase

...techniques to what is true and what isn’t true. Some of the most inquisitive minds has come from there so. Benjamin Zephaniah I think most people, but certainly most young people think that science is done by old white men in old white coats talking about old white things, how do you fit into this world or do you fit in? Jon Chase I fit in with the big hammer to kind of...
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Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...techniques that make it possible for disabled students to engage with online learning...In this free course, Assistive technologies and online learning, you will explore some of the technology that disabled students use when accessing computers. We will take a look at the tools and techniques that make it possible for disabled students to engage with online...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...technique on a larger scale, including the 11 million words written by Aquinas. Other scholars also began to employ computers to count and measure information, giving rise to the first studies in ‘humanities computing’. The late 1990s and early 2000s saw the rise of a further digital technology, the internet, enabling computers to connect across the globe and transmit...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...technique is listening for common word combinations or chunks. For example, in Spanish, por lo tanto, estoy de acuerdo or vale la pena are chunks. A word of caution though, chunks tend to be said quickly. Estoydacuero or toydacuerdo. Try familiarising yourself with words that appear often in a given context. Looking at the starters on the menu, for instance, will help you...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs