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Building the London Underground
History & The Arts

Building the London Underground

...class will be only twopence. The carriages will be superior to anything to be found on any railway in England. Owing to the nature of the substratum along the course of the line, it will be perfectly free from damp all the way; and, as every carriage will be abundantly lighted, the ride will be pleasant in the highest degree. The works will be speedily commenced, and it...
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Article 5 mins
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...La pausa caffé Il bar is a very important part of Italian life. There are an estimated 121,000 in Italy, usually open from early morning until late evening. The bar is more like a café than an English bar, a place where one can drop in for un caffè during the working day (the so-called pausa caffè) and have a chat with friends and colleagues. Customers often share...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...class’s ‘progress’ in comparison with others. Yet such competitions and plaudits pay limited attention to the nature or demand of the books that the pupils have read, or to the expertise or commitment of individual readers. Moreover, stickers, stars, certificates, bookmarks and prizes for being the ‘reader of the week’ or a ‘word millionaire’, can constrain...
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Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland

...classed as a worker, with full access to employment rights like all other workers, and she replied that it would benefit her immensely to be able to have job security and to be able to join a union in order to advocate for themselves and to take collective action. When asked what improvements could be made if sex workers were recognised as workers with full labour rights,...
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Article 10 mins
Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...class world of mansions, lawns and swimming pools we see before us. With the pervasiveness of digital cameras and mobile phones, it is anyone’s world that we (and posterity) now have access to. How to deal with the sheer weight of visual information will be one of the main problems for future generations of archivists and historians to solve! An extension of this...
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Article 10 mins
Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Education & Development

Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance

...class] Dancemotion: what is it? Dancemotion uses improvisational movement and dance activities to prompt embodied experience and talk, to support young children to better understand emotions. Sessions on focal emotions including being ‘happy’, ‘sad’, ‘angry’, ‘embarrassed’ are supported by images, video, poems and discussion which all offer a creative...
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Article 15 mins
Second-order differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Second-order differential equations

...class of differential equations, that is, linear constant-coefficient second-order differential equations. Section 2 covers homogeneous equations and Section 3 covers inhomogeneous equations. Section 4 explains how extra information can be used to help to select particular solutions that are appropriate in given situations. Section 5 looks at the phenomenon of resonance...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...class,” he explains, referring to an incredibly popular lecture series on sleep and dreams he instigated in the early 1970s. In 1973, Dement approached Western Airlines to see if they could fly Monique down from Saskatchewan to San Francisco. They had a strict ‘no sick dogs’ policy. “It’s not a sick dog. It’s a dog with a brain abnormality,” he told them....
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Article 15 mins