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Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...English. Hiding in privacy Telegram is an app, launched in 2013, that can be set up on almost any device and allows messages to be sent to users, with a strong focus on privacy. IS utilises the service of Telegram channels because it is more difficult for security agencies to monitor and disrupt than other platforms such as Twitter or Facebook. An important tool that...
Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel
History & The Arts

Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel

...English country house. The soon-to-be victim is recently remarried to a mysteriously bearded and slightly smarmy younger man. The marriage has thrown into disarray the inheritance plans of her two step-sons who both also live in the house. Residents also include the exotically beautiful wife of the older son and the love interest of the younger, a nurse who happens to...
QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...English Premier League. Yet Nigeria recently seemed to take a step backwards by sacking their caretaker coach Augustine ‘Cerezo’ Eguavoen, who is Nigerian, and replacing him with José Peseiro (White Portuguese) who is essentially a journeyman coach with a record that doesn’t scream glory at you. One can only assume that the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF)...
From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...English classes after, they usually just get some sleep on the bus So, what I see here is that, everyone makes so many sacrifices, in order to make it. I feel very moved by that, seeing people trying so hard. Svetlana, in her late forties, who is Russian-Greek feels that the media and politicians …didn’t’ tell the truth when they did all this Brexit campaign.They...
Studying the arts and humanities
History & The Arts

Studying the arts and humanities

...English and history at school. I think I'll enjoy studying them further. I never did all I could at school and I wasted my time. Now that I have a chance to do some study I want to take it. I've spent some years doing a job which does not particularly interest me, and I need some kind of intellectual challenge. I want to meet other students, too. I have always promised...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...English national curriculum (DfE, 2014) states the following about mathematics: The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all students: become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that students develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall...
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...English, what Britishness or Englishness is. Who you can ask are people like me. The Africans, the Indians, the Asians, the people that it was imposed upon them. They’re the ones that can actually tell you what Britishness is, what Englishness is, and also what Scottishness is. And it’s a case of they are able to hold the mirror up to the nations, like this is...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...English Children’s literature is a vast and growing area of academic study. Interdisciplinary in nature, the field draws on theories, methods and applications from language, literature and childhood studies. While an academic domain in its own right, the study of children’s literature generally has a personal connection for individuals, hooking into our own memories...