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Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...circulation of money, knowledge and information, it can be helpful to think about how contemporary cities are permeated by all kinds of different relationships and connections with places elsewhere. And yet, the remaking of cities in the name of economic growth is far from politically uncontested. One area where this has become acutely contentious is housing. Transformed...
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Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers
Education & Development

Learning to teach: mentoring and tutoring student teachers

...To help do this, it is useful to keep in mind the student experience. Maldrez et al. (2007), through their large sample of student teachers, identified four key themes that underpin the process of learning to be a teacher: the concept of teacher identity or sense of self as teacher the importance of potential and actual relationships with a number of ‘significant others’ the role of emotion in student teachers’ ......
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...sang really wanted to set their music down in precise ways. And when they had several voices singing different things and they wanted to get the rhythmic integration of those voices, they needed a much more precise way of notating rhythm. And we have here examples of note shapes and groups of notes grouped into what we call ligatures-- which is, in its own way, a kind of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Harry Potter and death and bereavement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Harry Potter and death and bereavement

...et al., 1996)– a popular theory of grief which posits that us Muggles retain connections with the dead long after they have died. via GIPHY In some ways, Harry Potter’s first experience of bereavement is the polar opposite of the bereavement that is the focus of my own research. Harry loses his parents when he is a mere baby – the focus of my interest is in parents...
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Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...et al (2021) Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain: findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID). Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2021; 10.1136/sextrans-2021-055210 https://www.relate.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/uploads/relate_eharmony_twwan21_report_final.pdf Kirstin R Mitchell et al (2022) Initial Impacts of COVID-19 on Sex...
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Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection
Science, Maths & Technology

Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection

...et al., 1968). She had discovered a Neutron Star. This is the crushed core of a massive star that ran out of fuel. Imagine a star heavier than our Sun squeezed into a ball the size of a city (about 20km wide). Because it is so small, it spins incredibly fast—much like an ice skater pulling in their arms to spin faster. As it spins, it sweeps a beam of energy across...
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History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...circulated from the seventeenth century onwards, in all kinds of formats – large and small, expensive and cheap. But how exactly did people read this most important of all books? And what impact did Bible reading have on them? There are many records in the UK RED site of Bible reading – nearly 1000 in total, and the number grows all the time. These enable us to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...et al. (eds.), ‘Dyestuffs in the 19th Century’, Chapter 12, A History of Technology, vol. V, p. 257, Oxford University Press, 1958. FURTHER GENERAL READING Here are some books and articles that you may want to try and get hold of: Barrow J. D., The Artful Universe, Oxford University Press, 1995 ISBN 0 1985 3996 7. A quite remarkable book that will change the way you...
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