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Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...sand and gravel dredged from elsewhere (Figure 6). The aim is to create barriers to the erosive power of the waves on the shoreline. All around the estuary are earthen sea walls, often dating back to the Middle Ages, enabling grazing and later arable land to be reclaimed from the saltmarsh. In some places, especially close to human settlements, the walls have been...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...cast out of the ivory towers in which they reside. Such arguments are nonsensical, there will always be real problems and design issues to solve. (Would you enter the Superbike Class Isle of Man TT on a moped with an objective to win, even if it had the wheels of the latest and greatest Superbike?) The temptation to analyse components is almost irresistible for the...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...aluminium and often zirconium) on the day of the appointment. Why might this be so? Magnesium, silicon, aluminium and zirconium are heavier elements than those contained in body tissue, and so show up as spots on the image where they absorb the X-rays. Now watch the following short video which shows a CT scan of the head using a tri-iodated contrast agent. In this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...don’t know what I can do. I will give money to charities, I will sign petitions, but it seems that everything goes on unchecked. And so I suppose I feel a sense of helplessness, of frustration, and what keeps me going is I’m an optimist, which is probably a bit like being an ostrich with my head in the sand, to be honest, but it’s the way I cope. ...
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Video 30 mins
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...sand embedded into the paint surface, blown onto the canvas by the wind evident in the picture itself in the scudding clouds in the sky. What seems strange by today’s standards is that both pictures show figures sitting on the beach fully dressed – even when they did go in the water, middle-class people of this period wore voluminous bathing costumes. By contrast,...
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Video 15 mins
How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...sand bars and shallows in places such as the Pearl River. The East India Company auctioned off Bengal opium, whose production it monopolised, to private ‘country traders’ such as those of Jardine and Matheson. So successful were these, with the connivance of local Chinese officials, that by the 1820s Chinese consumption was soaring, and the influx of silver into...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...cast their vote in person or at a polling station, often located in a town hall or school, although postal voting also takes place. The vote is referred to as a secret ballot, as it takes place in a private booth. Voters are asked to place a cross beside the name of the candidate they want to represent them in the House of Commons. They then place their paper in a ballot...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...cast aside. Shogan (1999) describes how in some cases teams of ‘experts’ (e.g. coaches, biomechanists, nutritionists, etc.) all work together to decide what is best for the athlete with little input from the individual themselves. The athlete is treated almost as an object with little or no consideration for them as an individual and their own thoughts and feelings....
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs