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The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...law, Antarctica is land that is south of 60° S; but animals that only live in the Antarctic can be found as far north as 52° S. Which is right? Both are, to a certain extent, but the reason the cold environment extends so far north is that around Antarctica is a strong cold clockwise-circulating ocean current which isolates the ocean and lands to the south. This is the...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...law. If star B is 10 times the distance of identical star A, how much brighter would A appear? Star A would appear 10 × 10 = 100 times brighter than star B. In practice, it is not quite so easy to measure distance, because some stars are the same colour but different sizes and so give out different amounts of light - but the general principle of 'faint means far'...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...law. You can switch around between courses that interest you. SPEAKER 2 Multi subject students have the benefit of being able to apply knowledge from a range of different subjects to a particular job. So a student, for example, might be interested in working in a recording studio. So they might choose to study modules in music and a bit of business management and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...law requires of teachers when children are in their care. This means that teaching assistants must be guided and supported by teachers, not only in terms of their curriculum-support practice but also in key areas of work such as health and safety and child protection. The great majority of teachers recognise the part that this extra work plays in the provision of a future...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...law, when a policeman stops us on the motorway for speeding – we do not play with language or use jokey expressions or divergent grammars, but we do in other contexts. And it’s understanding this connection between creative language, context and inter personal relations between people that fascinate me. ZSÓFIA DEMJÉN And is there a difference between creative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...law, she's got hot flushes kind of thing. I was taken aback by how crazy I felt, absolutely out of control. Most of movies and popular entertainment is men's blood. And that's OK, gory violence, heads being blown off, that's all completely standard. But women's blood, which is not violent, is supposed to be disgusting. So I thought I'll tackle it head on. I will become...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...laws and radicalise people online through posts and gaming. For what she considered to be ethical reasons, Ebner used her own time for the covert research where she infiltrated these groups, taking on the views of a newcomer who appeared to be naïve. She took care to avoid repeating or spreading the messages and, when she felt hate crimes had been committed, reported...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
Introduction to differentiation
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differentiation

...law, and was self-taught in mathematics. He went on to work intensively on mathematics in Paris, before accepting the position of Counsellor and librarian at the court in Hanover, where he remained for the rest of his life. While there, he worked on many different projects, making important contributions to mathematics, philosophy, theology and history. Some of...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs