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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...Tomlinson, Jim; Phillips, Jim; Wright, Valerie (2022) "De-industrialization: a case study of Dundee, 1951-2001, and its broad implications", Business History, 64 (1), pp. 28–54. Wright, Valerie; Phillips, Jim; Tomlinson, Jim (2021) "Defending the right to work: the 1983 Timex workers' occupation in Dundee", Labour History Review, 86 (1), pp. 63–90....
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The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025

...de Motocyclisme (FIM) launched the inaugural Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship, marking the first global platform exclusively for female riders. Women’s sport often emphasises technical skill, strategic gameplay, and creativity, offering a fresh perspective compared to the power-driven approach that dominates some men’s leagues. For fans who value a balance...
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The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...became the first woman to win France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome (which women had only been allowed to enter since 1903), in 1913 for her cantata Faust et Hélène. Despite her brief career, Lilian Boulanger also composed dozens of compositions, including piano works, songs, and several large-scale works for choir and orchestra....
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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...respiration, the concentration was virtually the same wherever he measured it. Keeling quickly realised that this meant it was possible to measure the CO2 in one location, such as Mauna Loa, and it would be a reference point for the whole planet. Activity 7 How representative is the Keeling Curve? Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Is Keeling’s contention that the Mauna Loa...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...De Spectaculis (‘On the Spectacles’), written to commemorate the inaugural gladiatorial games which were held in the amphitheatre over a period of 100 days in 80 CE. Martial’s poetry was often overtly flattering to his imperial patrons, as the celebratory tone of the opening poem in the collection makes clear: Let savage Memphis speak not of the Wonders that are her...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...mode. Each of these techniques works slightly differently and often results in slightly different typical values. The mean is the most commonly used average. To get the mean value, you add up all the values and divide this total by the number of values. For example, if you wanted to find the mean of 11, 14 and 17, you would add them to give a total of 42, then divide that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...modes of socialisation. Socialisation is the processes by which children learn the language, culture and norms of the society in which they live. ‘It is clear that problem children tend to grow up into problem adults, and that problem adults tend to produce more problem children’ (Farrington, 1994, p. 569). SAQ3 What is the explanatory claim at work here? What...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...modes of operation of many of our ancestors. For instance, parts of our brain, particularly those parts associated with emotions have a similar structure and organisation to that of many other animals. We will explore this later on in the section...Emotions and emotional disorders: 2.1 An evolutionary approach to emotion in humans and animals - The evolutionary approach...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs