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What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?
History & The Arts

What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?

...account falling into enemy hands.” This was one of Hitler’s famous “Nero orders”, an indirect sentence of death. The secrets Hitler and Coburg shared seemed to be so important that they needed to be hidden from public view. More transparency at the Royal Archives is needed so that historical investigations such as this can be conducted fully, not shrouded in...
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Article 10 mins
The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...account, when they have been willfully or recklessly negligent or involved in mistreatment. However, the report takes a strong stance that safety is best improved and ultimately assured by adopting a broader systems approach to understanding why and how failure or error occur. The basis of the systems approach, as we have learned from listening to Dr Kevin Fong talk about...
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Article 10 mins
COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit
Nature & Environment

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit

...account for nearly 90% of the carbon dioxide emissions driving climate change, many have argued that there is a clear conflict of interest in having oil and gas producers at the helm of climate talks. The UAE is alleged to flare more gas than it reports and plans to increase oil production from 3.7 million barrels a day to 5 million by 2027. Some contend that the oil and...
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Article 10 mins
Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation
History & The Arts

Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation

...account, inhaling the gas himself three or four times a day. The laboratory became a philosophical theatre in which the boundaries between experimenter and subject, spectator and performer were blurred to fascinating effect, and the experiment took on a life of its own. Although the trials commenced within a medical framework, they came to focus increasingly on questions...
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Article 5 mins
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...accounts of the ways in which museums and galleries can be used with pupils. First, a visit by older secondary school pupils to a large national museum. These visits are available for pupils of all ages. Click on 'view document' below to download Looking at paintings at the National Gallery View document Small local museums also have much to offer. Here is a description...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...accounts by Mia's Family below. They were asked to think back to her birth and the few weeks following it, and remember what she was like and how they felt. They used video pictures and photographs to help them. As you read, make notes on what the Family noticed about Mia and: her range of emotions her communication and social skills her need for contact and her use of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...accountants to deal with the accounts of your business, paying tax (if you make a profit!) and VAT. You may need the services of solicitors in relation to many of the things we are considering here (for example, to draw up contracts of employment). If you were involved in all of these things, you would certainly be running a business. What, then, is a business? Well, it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Concepts and theories in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Concepts and theories in international relations

...accountability, power, security, identity, and gender, to name just a few. They use these concepts to connect the subjects of their research to more general political phenomena to draw conclusions. The precise meanings of these concepts aren't fixed and are the subject of much debate. They gained layers of meaning over time and in different cultures and contexts. Even the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs