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Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...Language, Palgrave Macmillan, 2001 Approaches to historical study Arthur Marwick, ‘The Fundamentals of History’ Use of Primary Sources The Library Of Congress: What Are Primary Sources? Saratoga High School: Analysis of Primary Sources The University of Auckland Library: Historical Primary Sources - A Guide University of Washington Libraries: Primary Sources Western...
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Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual
Education & Development

Double trouble: my experience of studying part-time as a mixed-race individual

...language altogether. It can be a little isolating in that way as something you could talk or write about all day, for others merely just being polite or a five-minute conversation. However, it is heartening to realise come the day of the ceremony that a lack of being able to fully understand/engage is not the same as not caring, it’s actually the opposite. You realise...
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Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...course of medical science,” said the microbiologist Milton Wainwright. It was “a therapy the demise of which no one is likely to mourn”. A tsunami of hard-to-heal wounds, however, brought this backwater back to the forefront of medicine. Wounds go through a series of stages to close and heal. After bleeding stops, white blood cells flock to the scene to break down...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...language and communication systems. For instance, during the fifteenth century, African people such as the Wolof, Mende, Mandingo and Yoruba ethnic groups used hairstyles as means to carry messages or as status symbols, such as denoting age, religion, social rank and marital status. One of the unique features of African textured hair is its ability to be sculpted and...
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When should you use a stacked area chart?
Science, Maths & Technology

When should you use a stacked area chart?

...course, but the green swath certainly gets thinner as we move to the right end of the chart. Here’s the data on which the chart is based. COMPANY Q1Y1 Q2Y1 Q3Y1 Q4Y1 Q1Y2 Q2Y2 Blue 10 11 15 25 45 80 Green 15 16 17 18 19 20 Orange 75 73 68 57 36 0 Oh, dear. Green’s market share has been increasing, not decreasing. The discrepancy arises because the chart plots the...
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Britain's Billion Year Journey
Science, Maths & Technology

Britain's Billion Year Journey

...courses and qualifications Rodinia - the first supercontinent Between one billion and 620 million years ago, the continental crust that would one day be known as Britain formed tiny parts of a giant supercontinent called Rodinia (approximately 500 million years before the formation of Pangaea, a later supercontinent). All of Britain was south of the equator, with some...
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OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?

...course, be time for questions as well as networking, discussion opportunities and refreshments after the event. We very much hope you will be able to attend what promises to be an inspiring event – the third in the Open University’s 2017 ‘OpenMinds’ series of public engagement events. Event programme: 18.30 Talk commences 19:11 Q&A session 19:30 Drinks reception...
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Home education collection
Education & Development

Home education collection

...courses can be difficult to locate and access by educators, parents, children and young people, practitioners, and other organisations directly involved in supporting this form of educational provision. In the past, this has reduced the capacity to exchange knowledge and build mutual understanding between different communities and stakeholder groups. What does this...
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