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Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...work—a gigantic folio in two volumes entitled "A New System of Geography", dated some time in the eighteenth century. How this ponderous work ever came to be out on the pampas, over six thousand miles from the land of its origin, is a thing to wonder at. I remember that the Stonehenge plate greatly impressed me and that I sacrilegiously cut it out of the book so as to...
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Article 10 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...work, many theorists argue that there are more fundamental cognitive processes that need to be taken into account when analysing children’s gender development. In particular, researchers have suggested that children’s concepts of themselves as male or female play a critical role in encouraging children to identify and endorse gender roles. This notion was first set...
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National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...succeeded by the Westminster division: after them came the division of the Borough of Southwark, and the fourth division, consisting of the Scotch, resident in London, preceded by a bagpipe playing, brought up the rear. The Archbishop of York passing along Parliament–street in his coach, at the time the procession was in motion, was much hooted by the populace, who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...work, draw general conclusions and use textual evidence to argue a case understand and use academic conventions: referencing and bibliography...Approaching prose fiction: 1 Why do we read prose fiction? - Prose fiction, whether in the form of the novel or the short story, is unarguably the most popular and widely consumed literary genre. One only has to see the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...work out how far north you are. JANET SUMNER: So would people have used that to navigate then? PHILLIPA SMITH: Yeah, absolutely. The days before GPS and radar people would use this to navigate at night, sailors, things like that. Yep. JANET SUMNER: Is there another easy one to recognise? PHILLIPA SMITH: Another famous one is just above us, actually. Cassiopeia. It looks...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...work with numerical data...Financial methods in environmental decisions: 1 Financial assessment techniques - The for-profit sector survives by generating profits. Profits fund the development of the next generation of goods and services that a firm supplies. The shareholders, who are the owners of the business also demand that a firm makes a profit. If a company is unable...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...works, manufacturing and industrial plants, the farming and animal husbandry sectors, landfill sites and urban surface water run-off). It considers the major water pollutants and describes the effects they have on water...Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment is a free course. It begins with an introduction to water and goes on to briefly outline the major...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain

...working will look like in 2022 a myfyriwch ar unrhyw feddyliau neu bryderon sydd gennych chi fel arweinydd yn ymwneud â gweithio hybrid gyda’ch tîm/timau. Sut mae dewisiadau merched a phobl o gefndiroedd Du a Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig a nodwyd yn y fideo yn cyd-fynd ag amrywiaeth eich sefydliad? Sut mae ailddylunio ffyrdd o weithio i gynnwys opsiynau hybrid yn gwneud i chi...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs