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Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...Table 1. Table 1 My response to Activity 4 Artwork Effects and comments 3 Messy. Intimate. Sordid. 6a–b Gloomy. Run down. Drab yet decorative. 7 Delicate. Fragile. Sad. 11 Colourful and complex. Dizzy. Flowing. Psychedelic. You will be revisiting these works later in order to think about whether your feelings change as you learn more about them. Now, the main focus of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...table. He wears a jewelled crown with curly hair shown underneath it and is looking at the camera with a serious expression. The base of the relic is ornately carved. ] The St Oswald relic. Brudersohn/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA But it wasn’t just Oswald’s hand that had a remarkable fate. Oswald was killed on the battlefield by pagan Mercians and the Welsh, and his...
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Article 10 mins
Riddle of the Tay Bridge disaster
Science, Maths & Technology

Riddle of the Tay Bridge disaster

...de-railed through a combination of heavy wind and a weak girder. Tom Martin's Tay Bridge analysis Mathematician Tom Martin uses the modern method of 'structural computer analysis' to understand the failure of the bridge, and looks at how this failure started at the base columns due to heavy winds. Forensic Engineering Dr Pete Lewis explains how he believes the dynamic...
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Audio 30 mins
How can you exercise safely in the heat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you exercise safely in the heat?

...des Sables, a five-day run across the Sahara Desert in Morocco, where temperatures can reach 50℃. This 156-mile run is considered the toughest foot race on Earth. Our experience at Kingston University with people running and training in our heat chamber for events such as the Marathon des Sables and Badwater, demonstrates that with enough preparation, hydration and...
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Article 5 mins
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...table of child wellbeing outcomes. This article was of course written just before the COVID-19 health pandemic which will also have had an effect on some young people’s mental health...Supporting children and young people's wellbeing: 2 What do children and young people think? - While the term ‘wellbeing’ is in common use, it is not necessarily one that children or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Shot blasting
Science, Maths & Technology

Shot blasting

...Table-type blast cleaning machine [Images to demonstrate 'shot blasting' - see article] Manufacture: There are two methods of shot blasting: mechanical blasting, in which abrasive is propelled by means of a power-driven rapid rotating bladed wheel air blasting, in which the abrasive is propelled through a nozzle by compressed air (mechanical blasting is more widely used)...
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Article 10 mins
The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

...table and in the best restaurants. Geoff Andrews We live in a climate now where, if you like, the policing of pleasures is becoming more apparent. Cider brings a different aspect to this politics and pleasure debate. So on the one hand you've got the artisan ciders, produced in very sustainable ways, using very traditional methods; for the connoisseur of cider, if you...
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Video 5 mins
The hidden world of everyday coding
Digital & Computing

The hidden world of everyday coding

...table.] We see bar codes every day, but have you ever thought about how they work? These black-and-white lines are actually a tiny piece of code that, when scanned, the product pulls the system information, for example the price, and it updates the stock level. It’s like a secret language between the basket and the computer. So next time you are at the supermarket...
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Article 5 mins