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Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London
Languages

Commemorating Lord Byron on the streets of London

...English heritage...The first ever blue plaque to be put up in London was on the front of the house in which Lord Byron was born. Or at least, it was on the house in which those who were running the scheme believed he’d been born (see Commemorating Lord Byron on Holles Street). There remains some confusion, even to this day, about the precise address at which the Byrons...
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...English language test was introduced for those trying to obtain the licence to practice in the UK. This led to a reduction in the numbers of doctors obtaining a licence, compared to those who registered. Number of registered and licensed doctors in the UK by primary country of qualification PMQ country of origin 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Austria 35 38 20 37...
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History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...English language, with nearly 1,200 separate editions up to 1979. It also attracted imitations, which were produced in such large numbers that they form an identifiable genre known as the Robinsonade. Among the most famous of these Robinsonades were works like The Swiss Family Robinson by a Swiss clergyman Johann David Wyss, translated into English from German in 1814,...
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Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...ENGLISH PHRASE IN TAMIL PRONUNCIATION Hello வணக்கம். Vanakkam Are you well? நீங்கள் நலமாக இருக்கிறீர்களா? Neenkal Nalamaka Erukkirirkala? Yes, I’m fine ஆம், நான் நலமாக இருக்கிறேன். Aam, naan nalamaka erukkiren Thank you நன்றி. Nandhri You are welcome...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...English edition of El País, the dire consequences of continuing to ignore the PISA results were underlined. The then state secretary for Education, Monserrat Gomendio, was quoted in an associated article on the presentation of the report; she said that what Spain needed was a “radical change in teaching methodology,” to move beyond “old-fashioned” models based...
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Prifysgol y Plant – Cyrsiau ar-lein am ddim
Education & Development

Prifysgol y Plant – Cyrsiau ar-lein am ddim

...English. Cyrsiau ar-lein am ddim Cymerwch gipolwg ar ddetholiad o gyrsiau isod, neu porwch trwy wefan OpenLearn fesul pwnc. Dysgwch am ein planed [Children Uni - Subject icons] Ydych chi’n awyddus i ddysgu mwy am y blaned sy’n gartref inni? Dewch i ddarganfod cyrsiau’n sôn am ecosystemau, daeargrynfeydd, daeareg, dŵr, y tywydd a mwy. Hefyd, mae yna gyrsiau’n...
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Cyflwyniad i Bresgripsiynu Cymdeithasol Gwyrdd — Iechyd Meddwl ac Amgylchedd y Gweithle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cyflwyniad i Bresgripsiynu Cymdeithasol Gwyrdd — Iechyd Meddwl ac Amgylchedd y Gweithle

...hefyd ar gael yn Saesneg. | This article is also available in English. Astudiaeth bellach gyda'r Brifysgol Agored: Mwy o gyfleoedd dysgu am ddim ar OpenLearn: Deunydd darllen pellach Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Trwsio’r meddwl – manteision ‘dos o natur’ ar gyfer iechyd meddwl Rhagnodi Cymdeithasol | Mind, the mental health charity - help for mental health problems...
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Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...English mathematical physicist Roger Penrose. Penrose based his set of tiles on Pentagons, which are difficult to tile, even with other shapes. Penrose incorporated the same disruptive properties of the pentagon to create two tiles that form an aperiodic set. This set of Penrose tiles uses a thin rhombus and a fat rhombus. Ordinarily, rhombus-shaped tiles can be used to...
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