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Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...de facto, continue to be seen as the actual representative picture of what it is to live in poverty in Britain. I mean, there was a documentary a couple of years ago on the BBC called Poor Kids, which I thought was positive because it allowed children in poverty to speak about their experiences as they actually were. And I think just that one documentary punctured a lot...
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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...de Silva, an anthropologist at Atlanta’s Emory College, tells me that in Japan, “The whole idea is that by one individual taking his or her life, so the honour is restored or the family member would be spared the shame.” “Other people’s evaluation adds an additional burden,” says Kim. A person’s shame could leak and stain those around them. Under past...
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Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...de couleur) to describe others: this reflects the different contemporary social and political experiences of the people they discuss. In the session on human ‘zoos’, Dr Suki Haider describes Sarah Baartman as Khoikhoi – a term to describe one of the Khoe-speaking polities in South Africa, and much more accurate than the pejorative colonial designation of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...De Vere, 1996; Richardson, Woods and Franklin, 2007, p. 376-378). This is a very important statement by an artist who, unlike Vasari, had in-depth knowledge of both Byzantine and Renaissance art. It is true that El Greco was born and raised in Venetian Crete, and he started his career as an icon painter. However, any suspicion of strong attachment to his Byzantine roots...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Paratoi aseiniadau
Education & Development

Paratoi aseiniadau

...math o adroddiad y gofynnir i chi ei ysgrifennu. Mae’n bosibl y bydd angen yr holl adrannau hyn mewn rhai mathau o adroddiad. Ar gyfer mathau eraill o adroddiad, efallai na fydd angen i chi gynnwys adran ar fethodoleg, er enghraifft. Dylech gyfeirio at ddeunyddiau eich cwrs a gofyn i’ch tiwtor pa fath o adroddiad y mae disgwyl i chi ei ysgrifennu a’r adrannau y mae...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...maths quiz contains the maximum value 30 and the minimum value 8. Hence, to calculate the range, you must calculate 30 minus eight equals 22 . In the JC Electrics, Generators example, the range is the difference between 15 (as the maximum value sold) and 7 (as the minimum value sold), hence the range is 8...Data analysis: visualisations in Excel: 2.2.2 Ungrouped frequency...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol

...math hwn o gynllunio. MATT FINCH Cynllunio senarios yw ffordd o ddeall y cyd-destun rydym yn gweithredu ynddo, nid dim ond fel y mae'n bodoli heddiw, ond edrych ar yr elfennau ansicr, y grymoedd, y ffactorau a'r tueddiadau sy'n amgylchynu'r cyd-destun hwnnw ac a allai feddu ar y grym i ail-ddylunio’r map hwnnw yn y dyfodol. Felly, mewn cyfnod o ansicrwydd, mewn cyfnod...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...de Maupertuis proposed the spontaneous generation and extinction of organisms as part of his theory of origins. However, he advanced no theory of evolution. Georges-Louis Leclerc, a prominent naturalist of the time, explicitly considered, and rejected, the possible descent of several species from a common ancestor. The physician Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles...
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