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Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...motivation lack of time needed to present the subject in such a way that even the weakest learners can appreciate some of the fun, pattern and power heavy marking load record-keeping having to teach learners who spoil, or attempt to spoil, the learning experience for others in the class when too much pressure is put on learners (often from parents) to excel, and as a...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...et cetera, et cetera. So it's either- some people see it as a good thing. It's different from what the West has done for 200 years in Africa. Some people will say, well, it's just the same as you know, Just because they're Chinese doesn't mean they're any different from what the West has done. So it's a kind of polarised position, and what we want to do with our own...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...motivated you to apply? What is likely to be your strongest contribution? What are your weak spots and what do you feel uncomfortable talking about? Why would you not employ yourself? What convincing counter-arguments might you offer? Then, make sure you get all the practical aspects sorted out in advance...Week 7: Presenting your ‘best’ self at interview: 4.2...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
EU Referendum - Economy
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Economy

...motive for those planning a Leave vote, or campaigning for one. Investors tend to be sceptical over the chances of financial institutions, and the businesses they serve, still enjoying free movement of goods, services and capital around the EU if the UK restricts the free movement of labour. Incentives to Leave But Leave campaigners identify ways in which the longer-run...
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Article 5 mins
A modest liking for Liverpool
History & The Arts

A modest liking for Liverpool

...motive I could think of for being shown to her rightly loving subjects on horseback. We parted with the expressed hope of seeing each other again, and if this should meet his eye and he can recall the pale young man, with the dark full beard, who chatted with him between the pillars of the Piazzetta, forty years before our actual encounter I would be glad of his address....
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Article 10 mins
EPQs: designing your research question
Education & Development

EPQs: designing your research question

...motivated and self-managed. It might be that you enjoy finding things out, asking a question no one has asked before and uncovering answers that no one else has found. All of these are excellent reasons for undertaking an EPQ. Understanding why you want to do a research project will help you in your first task: designing a research question. Designing your research...
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Article 5 mins
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...motivated by, the experiences and voice of former slaves, as was sometimes the case in the USA anti-slavery movement during the mid-1800s. If we are looking for inspiration when challenging legal repression, dehumanisation and state coercion, then it is to the lived experiences and testimonies of slaves and former slaves, such as the American former slave Frederick...
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Article 20 mins
Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...motivated by itself. You've still got an external person who is making it do that." On the importance of evolution in A.I.: "You can use evolutionary techniques. It's interesting to see what kind of behaviour you can evolve with a simple reactive mechanism, but then the hardware isn't evolving - it's abstraction of the real thing." On the future: "I think that we'll...
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Article 15 mins