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Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...simple steps: Stop To make a meadow, you could simply stop cutting your grass so regularly and see what grows. Cut once in summer and again in winter, removing all the cut material each time. If the diversity is not improving after some time, consider adding more species by following the steps below. Soil Wildflowers and fine grasses need soil that is low in fertility....
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Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare

...simple love of Romeo & Juliet for one another. Monday 28th April 1856 We walked out late & dined early, going with Vicky, &c — to the Princess's to see the production of Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale". It was the benefit of the Keans. Though the performance lasted from shortly after 8, to ½ p. 12, we hardly noticed the length of time, for the interest never flagged one...
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Fossil evidence for evolution
History & The Arts

Fossil evidence for evolution

...simple reason is that while the former are exceedingly rare, the latter have the twin advantages of being monotonously abundant and living in environments where sedimentary accumulation can keep a good register of their remains. For the ultimate key to this business is sedimentary deposition. Of course, organisms that yield robust hard-parts, such as shells, teeth and...
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Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...simple answer to the question of who does the work in the home. However we know that changes, varying in extent, speed and direction, have occurred to women's role during the past two hundred or so years. We know that they are at least partly explained by the connectedness between women's role outside the home and their role in the home. We also know from the Ramos...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...simple polymers like polyethylene as well as entirely new stereoregular polymers like polypropylene. That progress has continued at an increasing rate up to the present. Novel polymers, like aromatic polyamides and polyimides which were discovered only in the 1960s, have been developed, while speciality, high temperature materials like polysulphones have penetrated new...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...simple way. [Figure 1] Figure 1 We are part of nature. Nature supplies material requirements for life, absorbs our wastes, and provides life-support services such as climate stabilisation, all of which make Earth hospitable for people. One of the ideas that will be developed in this Introduction is that we can't escape from nature's laws, but our impact and influence on...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...code of conduct’ in the glass] When a concern has been raised the regulator takes several actions. They read the details of the concern. They may decide to take it forward but they may decide that there is not enough evidence or that the concerns are not serious enough. They may decide that they are not the best organisation to deal with the concern (e.g. a concern to...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...simple zoom slider control, which magnifies the area around the cross-hairs. The slider dot can be dragged or, alternatively, you can click to the right or left of the zoom dot to zoom in and out of the specimen. If you wish to zoom into another area, simply drag the image, so that the area is located on the cross-hairs, then zoom in. The five millimetre scale bar at the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs