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Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...statistics which give a sense of the contribution dominion forces made to the war...Session 3: Global war experiences: 1.5 1 Dominion Forces in the war - This section reflects on the numbers of dominion troops who participated on the side of the British Empire. Activity 3 Dominion First World War Statistics Timing: Allow around 10 minutes The table below gives an overview...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...statistic shows that the case of Diego Costa certainly isn’t an isolated one, numbers only ever tell half a story and they fail to explore the historical contexts associated with changing national allegiances. In relation to footballers, the acquisition of citizenship tends to occur in one of three ways, as evidenced by those who have a choice in who they represent at...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...Statistical Methods, UK Public Record Office HW 25/4 and HW 25/5 Section 3 figure: © geralt; Pixabay Section 5 figure: © Oscar Wong; Getty Images Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...statistically significant: * significant at P < 0.05, ** significant at P < 0.01, *** significant at P < 0.001. SAQ 12 What conclusions about bone loss and reformation can you draw from Figure 13? Answer No statistically significant differences between dormant and active bears were found in the measurements of PICP, though there was a trend towards higher values for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...statistical. And the parallel to that was obviously President Trump’s very unexpected victory and I for one didn’t expect that to happen but what he managed to mobilise was what I would call a kind of brutal empathy. He had a genius at attributing blame, finding fault with others and for firing voters up without actually making policy prescriptions and it was...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...statistical methods or computer simulations to determine the overall size and shape distributions of a set of objects. However, unknown orientation angles remain a major uncertainty in many astronomical studies...Astronomy: images of the Universe: 2 Structure in images - You’ve now examined the basic quantitative information that astronomers can obtain from images:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...statistics. Howse, E.M. (1971) Saints in Politics: The ‘Clapham Sect’ and the Growth of Freedom, London, George Allen & Unwin (first published by the University of Toronto Press in 1952). An old but still useful account of the political impact of Wilberforce and his associates. Pollock, J. (1977) Wilberforce, London, Constable. The best available biography....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...statistical basis, on the lives of those who lived below the bread line. Perhaps the most famous of these was Henry Mayhew’s ‘London Labour and the London Poor’, first serialised in the established newspaper, The Morning Chronicle, in 1849–1850 and later published as a four volume set in 1861–1862. Although rarely acknowledged today, this study helped to unearth...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr