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iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...feedback and will be inviting volunteers to write their own stories to share. See more here. For help with how to use iSpot download an iSpot user guide here. World Environment Day: Is June 5 annually, but 2021's spotlight on ecosystems is for more than just the day launching the United Nations Decade on Ecosystems Restoration 2021-2030. Recording biodiversity is...
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Article 10 mins
Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?
Education & Development

Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?

...feedback that people find helpful for their professional development? Inspiration Do you articulate a compelling vision, build group pride, and foster a positive emotional tone? Do you lead by bringing out the best in people? Do you have credibility with others? Teamwork Do you solicit input from everyone on the team – listen to different perspectives? Do you support...
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Article 5 mins
Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment
Education & Development

Diversity in Education: Challenging the Norm in Academic Recruitment

...feedback throughout the interview. It was clear that visibility was important regardless of ethnicity of the panels. ... some respondents spoke about the challenges they face across the sector of being interviewed by a white panel and being the only person of colour in the room.Furthermore, the findings highlighted how these individuals felt during the process. For...
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Article 15 mins
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...de la Fontaine (1621–95). The moral of the painting is expressed in the final lines of the poem: A poor woodsman, covered in foliage, Burdened by branches and years, Groaning and bent, walks in heavy steps, Struggling to reach his smoky cottage. Finally, out of energy and in great pain, He lays down his load and ponders his misery. ‘What pleasure have I had since...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...de la Musique des Pygmées Aka [CD liner notes]. Translated from the French by D. Stevens. Paris: Ocora C559012 13. Bent, I.D., Hughes, D.W., Provine, R.C., Rastall, R., Kilmer, A., Hiley, D., Szendrei, J., Payne, T.B., Bent, M., and Chew, G. (2014) ‘Notation’, Grove Music Online. Available at:
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...classes of active galaxies (quasars, radio galaxies, Seyfert galaxies and blazars) understand the evidence that indicates the presence of a compact active galactic nucleus (AGN) in active galaxies explain why an AGN should emit broad lines, narrow forbidden lines and continuous radiation...Introduction to active galaxies: 1 Overview - Even in images taken with the most...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Why has violence been escalating in Mali during 2015?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has violence been escalating in Mali during 2015?

...La Terrasse in Bamako, in the south-west of the country. Five people were killed and nine were injured. On June 10, there was an attack by armed men on Malian security forces in the town of Misseni, near the border with Ivory Coast. And on August 7, armed men attacked the town of Sévare in the Mopti region, north-east of Bamako. The attack lasted several hours, including...
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Are we about to be at the mercy of superslugs?
Nature & Environment

Are we about to be at the mercy of superslugs?

...La difference” between British and continental species becomes significant. Why British slugs are different When slugs colonised the UK after the last ice age, they found an island recently covered with ice sheets, where the biological diversity remained poorer than continental Europe. In these circumstances, the ability to self-fertilise was a good evolutionary...
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