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Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...attention. We transition to the presentation of the plan for sol 3027. I take notes, because I will need to add this information to my report, handing it over to the next team. Once we have discussed the overall plan for sol 3027, it is my turn to lead the pre-planning in preparation for tomorrow’s team. I have the same team as for part one in the virtual room and we...
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Article 15 mins
Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...attention in the popular and professional fields. But what exactly is it? Before we explore the idea further it is important to understand the brain as we currently know it. The diagram of the brain (below) will remind you of some key ideas about its various areas and functions. Our brain and the spinal cord together make up our central nervous system. The spinal cord...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...attention is drawn to the particular impact on women of the multiplicity of workplaces – home, community and formal places of paid employment (though of course with the COVID-19 Pandemic, home has become a formal workplace for millions of women workers in different and multiple ways from how this was imagined in the past). The distinction between those workplaces which...
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...attention on relevant aspects of the content as you progress through each week. The next activity will help you to do this. Activity 4 What I want to know about internships and other work experiences Timing: Allow about 10 minutes for this activity Look at the list below and identify the reason(s) most relevant to you for studying this course: I want to know what my...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...attention to its protagonist's weaknesses. The comic scenes in Act 1 serve to reinforce the connection between magic and appetite. In Act 1, Scene 4, Wagner tells us that Robin is so poor that ‘he would give his soul to the devil for a shoulder of mutton, though it were blood raw’ (ll. 9–11) and Robin adds: ‘Not so, good friend. By'r Lady, I had need have it well...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...attention in this series of units. In LoM [p. 20] these two animals are termed 'part-reptile, part-mammal', a phrase that we'll look at more critically in a moment. Activity 1 Watch 'A Winning Design' on the DVD from 06.32-17.40 and briefly write down the mammalian features evident in these monotremes. Is their egg-laying habit similar in all ways to that displayed by...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...attention to how both the lyrics and the musical material recur from the first to the second chorus. Notice, too, how, although Verse 1 and Verse 2 have different lyrics, they are musically similar. (Verse 1 is preceded by a short instrumental introduction, one of the most widely imitated openings in pop music.) Table 1 Verse–chorus alternation in opening of ‘Be My...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...attention in this course. I'll have less to say about the smaller lineages that have become aquatic to some extent, such as the river and sea otters [pp. 185-188] that were one of the highlights of the TV programme 'Return to the Water'. The suborder Pinnipedia The name of this suborder comes from a Latin word meaning 'wing-footed', which refers to the modification of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs