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Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...children’s Laureate Michael Rosenhad been campaigning for the release of the work for some time previously. In a blog post he gave his thoughts about why, in his words, the poem had been ‘suppressed,’ and why he had campaigned to get it released to the public. Rosen argues that confusing the artistic substance of the pamphlet with the ownership of the physical...
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Has Donald Trump's strike on Syria rewritten international law?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Donald Trump's strike on Syria rewritten international law?

...children does not constitute a direct threat to the US or its allies. This is a crucial difference from the ongoing US strikes against the Islamic State on Syrian soil, which Washington justifies as support for Iraq’s self-defence. Despite the absence of legal justification, only Russia and Iran have forcefully spoken out against the US missile attack, branding it...
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A polyglot life
Languages

A polyglot life

...children out there, who were like me, that they were not alone and that they belonged to something bigger. Thirdly, it was a way for friends and family to show off my “party trick” to people without me having to perform like a seal and to be able to do that when I was not even in the room. The video I made got a lot of attention, and social media was starting to play...
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DIY: Taking the Caffeine Out of Tea
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Taking the Caffeine Out of Tea

...children and animals. [tea bags] What you need: Pyrex test tube (borrowed from a pharmacist or school) 5 tea bags water 2 small saucepans sodium carbonate (washing soda or soda crystals, 2 teaspoonsful) about 250cm3 of corn oil (1cm3 is the same as 1ml) plastic drinking straw wooden clothes peg small sealable plastic bag measuring jug wooden spoon 2 dessert spoons...
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Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...children. To the side there’s a small altar with a little figure of Buddha on top and several brass water bowls below, part of a Buddhist ritual to ward off negativity. I fail to find any immediate positives in this example of palliative care in action. Tumurbat struggles even to answer questions from Odontuya and her colleague Dr Solongo Surinaa. “All I want is to be...
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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...research. By participating in this high profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to others....Session 2: Getting to grips with information: Introduction - Ctesias writes that in the same...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...researched effective mathematics teaching and I've brought both of these together in authoring this course. Mathematics is an essential of the school curriculum for very good reasons. Without mathematics buildings and structures would not be built safely. Economists couldn’t function but perhaps more surprisingly, some might think, hairdressers must use equations and...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...children. This could be authoritarian, prescribing or admonishing as in ‘Don't do that’, ‘Do it this way’ or ‘That's wrong’ – which might be described as a critical parent state. Alternatively, it could be sympathetic, protective or cosseting, which might be described as a nurturing parent state. Adult state is associated with calm, rational, objective...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs