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Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...Research UK website has a good explanation of the situation concerning the plastic bottles. As you watch the video, focus on how important the numbers are to the story that the narrators are conveying. How do the narrators try to help the viewer to comprehend the numbers?...Week 1: Why does science need numbers?: 1.2 Reflecting on numbers - [This is an illustration...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...researchers to propose that a diversity of fire regimes across a landscape (named pyrodiversity) is necessary to maintain biodiversity...Fire ecology: 4.3 The pyrodiversity-biodiversity hypothesis - Without fire, ecosystems that operate to a predictable seasonal or cyclical pattern can, over time, become uniform in how they look and function. Disturbances such as fire...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...Research how Aristotle defines and discusses equity, either online or in a local library. If you can find them, look for one of the following sections of his work: Section V ‘Litigation’ in Rhetoric (also known as The Art of Rhetoric) Book V in Nicomachean Ethics. Don't worry if you aren't able to track these down – you can move straight on to the discussion below....
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...Research. Bowden has opposed anti-terrorist legislation, since it was hurried through by the UK government after the events of September 11th. But why does he oppose it? Casper Bowden Part 11 of the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act deals with powers which can compel Internet providers, and in fact, potentially any Internet user, to stockpile traffic data, on their...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...centre) Audio 20–23: Britten, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Audio 20: Oboe and strings, 02:33–03:03 Audio 21: Brass and percussion, 10:29–10:59 Audio 22: Clarinet and tuba, 03:36–04:06 Audio 23: Tutti, 00:04–00:34 Discussion In Audio 20, the bright, piercing sound of the legato oboe contrasted with the warmer sound of legato accompanying strings. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...centre of London, serves, perhaps, as a parody of the migrant theme, and is presented in mock-epic terms as she overcomes her fears to take the underground to central London: But was plenty different when she find sheself in the station, and the idea of going under the ground in this train nearly make she turn back. But the thought that she would never be able to say she...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...children, by becoming more knowledgeable, will become more virtuous and happier; and so that we shall not die without earning the gratitude of the human race. (Diderot, 1755, p. 635; trans. S. Clennell) In that one brief statement we find the essence of the Enlightenment credo: that increase of knowledge will produce happier, more virtuous people. The message is one of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...researchers claim that urine washing has a cooling function; others suggest that urine has a disinfectant role. Further investigation would be needed before the function of urine washing in lorises could be stated with such certainty. Activity 6d (d) Some experts have argued that stereoscopic vision of the sort possessed by bush-babies is essential for estimating...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs