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Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...et al. (eds) (2020) The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction, Abingdon: Routledge. Maurizo Ascari (2007) A Counter-history of Crime Fiction: Supernatural, Gothic, Sensational, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Richard Bradford (2015) Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Stephen Knight (2004) Crime Fiction, 1800–2000: Detection,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...et al., pp. 242–61) of Data + Design. These chapters can be found in the ‘Visualising data’ section of the book. As you read, note: some of the ways in which an infographic can be made more impactful common errors to watch out for when consuming and preparing infographics and data visualisations. In the next activity you’ll draw on your reading of Data + Design to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...et al., 2012). Some scholars claim that religion is becoming more private or privatised as a result of our consumer society, in which the individual practitioner is encouraged to customise their spiritual experience by picking and mixing elements that make sense to them, rather than follow a religious path or belong to one religious community. So, what kind of religious...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...Système International (SI) of units recognises factors going up or down in steps of one thousand, although below a thousand factors of ten are also recognised. Thus all the factors shown in Tables 1 and 2 are recognised by the Système International. Although in the UK we still tend to use the mile when discussing large distances, the standard measure in most other...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain

...et al. (2022), bydd diwylliant hybrid yn gweithio dim ond os ydych chi’n trin pawb fel eu bod yn gweithio o bell. Mae hyn yn sicrhau bod pawb yn cael yr un wybodaeth, adnoddau a chyfleoedd i lwyddo, ac nid yw’n wahanol yn ôl lle maent yn eistedd a pha un ai a ydynt yn gweithio wrth ddesg yn y swyddfa, yn gweithio wrth sawl gweithfan mewn ardal gydweithio, neu...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...et al., 2001): We should recall that the IPCC was under considerable pressure in 1990 to make a statement attributing observed climate changes to human influence 'because if they don't, someone else will' (and indeed, did). The IPCC is a cautious body, and if the evidence is not available in the peer-reviewed literature to support a statement, it will not make it, no...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...et opinions de Jules Ferry. Discours sur la politique extériure et coloniale, (1893–1898), p. 210–12 ‘[T]he superior races have a right vis-à-vis the inferior races [...] I repeat that the superior races have a right, because they have a duty towards them. They have the duty to civilise the inferior races [...] Can you deny, can anyone deny, that there is more...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...Absolutely. Martin Hope to meet up with you sometime soon. Thanks guys. Read McAuley et al. (2010), The MOOC Model for Digital Practice. This is a lengthy report so if you do not have time to read it all focus on the Executive Summary and the section entitled ‘Gaps in knowledge about MOOCs’. Read Weller (2012b), MOOCs Inc. Before we examine MOOCs in more detail, briefly consider if the MOOC approach could be adopted in ......
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs