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Tubman: The Moses of Her People
History & The Arts

Tubman: The Moses of Her People

...institution of slavery in the South. There are plenty of testimonies from the time and from the later memoirs of participants that support these figures. But are they to be believed? In fact, historians have found the traditional figures to be exaggerated. If slaves had been migrating in these numbers, you would expect it to show up in census returns for the destination...
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Article 10 mins
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...et al., 2019). In terms of water, ‘livestock’ farming often depends on irrigation using finite fresh water supplies. Animal-protein production has been calculated to use more than four times as much water as the most intensively-irrigated plant-based protein production (Reynolds et al., 2014). Globally, ‘livestock’ farming is responsible for 29 per cent of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...et al., 2013) with some points of interest. Above is a map from the latest measurements of Antarctic bedrock topography. Blue-green colours are below sea level. You can see the broad outline of the continental shelf, with a steep edge falling off to the dark blue deep ocean. This BBC article has a lovely fly-over video, bringing to life the world of great mountain ranges...
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Video 10 mins
Mosquito resistance to insecticides
Science, Maths & Technology

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

...et al., 1998). [Described image] Figure 1 Map indicating the location where mosquitoes were sprayed (hatched area), consisting of a 20–25 km-wide belt along the Mediterranean coast. To understand the reason for this recovery, the responses of different mosquito populations to exposure to the insecticide were examined. Researchers collected mosquito larvae from...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...et al., 2021). Common mental health problems for children and young people can span emotional symptoms, conduct or behavioural problems, hyperactivity-inattention and peer relationship problems, or any combination of these. An increasingly prominent issue post COVID-19 is school refusal (a reluctance or refusal of a child or young person to attend school which results in...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...et al., 1980). Thus quite different associations are being evoked in the vervet brain. But in this course, the vervet monkey example will mainly be used as an illustration of how different human language is from the communication system of any other primate. The computational task for the human brain in understanding a single sentence is vastly more complex than the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...et al. (2002) found that 91 per cent said they sometimes withdrew children from classrooms. [Described image] Figure 3 Cindy Bhuhi, bilingual teaching assistant, Lee Infants School, Slough There is a further sense in which teaching assistants have needed to find ‘space’ for their work. As part of a relatively new workforce, they have had to integrate their support...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University. Christothea has studied children and mobile technologies in several projects funded by the British Academy and the British Educational Research Association, and she has a doctorate in game-based learning and psychology. Being a mum, she has had the opportunity to observe her own child and their interactions with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs