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British Columbia's latest lottery winners are both young men who are excited to use their winnings towards their futures.
The first is Devin Remanda, a fisherman from Francois Lake who recently bought a Casino Royale scratch and win ticket at the Burns Lake Chevron on Yellowhead Highway.
Once he got back inside his vehicle, he scratched the tickets and realized he had won a whopping $200,000.
"I didn't believe it at first, I couldn't believe what I was seeing on the screen," he said, before calling his brother and then the rest of his family.
"My mom was so happy that she cried and my father was close to tears."
Remanda plans on purchasing a new pickup truck before putting the rest of his winnings into savings.
Nanaimo's Cory Anderson also won a life-changing amount from a Tripling Red 7s scratch and win after buying a ticket at the Mac's Convenience Store on Departure Bay Road.
He was enjoying a nice break in the park when he finally scratched the ticket and realized he was $100,000 richer.
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Network models, stress testing methods and early warning systems are attracting growing interest both among scholars and practitioners. In this short paper, we illustrate some of the insights they have to offer both in terms of new fundamental scientific understanding of the emergence systemic risk and in terms of concrete applications to the policy areas of financial stability and macro-prudential policy. Finally, we discuss new research pathways to address the challenging questions still open, including multiplex networks, big financial data, and climate-finance.
Financial networks and stress testing: Challenges and new research avenues for systemic risk analysis and financial stability implications
Stefano Battiston, Serafin Martinez-Jaramillo
Journal of Financial Stability
Volume 35, April 2018, Pages 6-16
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See Also: Special Issue: Network models, stress testing and other tools for financial stability monitoring and acroprudential policy design and implementation
Edited by Dr Serafín Martínez Jaramillo, Dr.Stefano Battiston
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Research papers in the category People and Power.
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Ekklesia welcomes the stated intent of the Scottish Government and the Land Reform Review Group to develop "innovative and radical proposals" on land reform to benefit the widest possible range of people and the environment in Scotland. This is...
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Despite the fact that the Queen is Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Christianity's relationship with monarchy is complex. This was highlighted in 2010, when the Anglican Bishop of Willesden, the Rt Rev Pete Broadbent, made critical...
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There is widespread concern that the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill currently going through Parliament threatens to make it much harder for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights...
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Judea Delos Santos entered our Face the Children program in 2006. She was from a broken family and, though only 12 years old at the time, had already experienced many of the hardships and abuses this world has to offer. She had little to look forward to as a child, not even knowing where she would sleep or how she would eat each day. School was a distant impossibility; something for other kids; and that was much less important than surviving another day. But the God who loves reaching and helping people find their way back to Himself chose her, and pulled her out of that life into a new one of love, of care, and of promise and opportunity.
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As far as prime city centre locations go, Harry's Bar & Brasserie in Newcastle is up there with the best of them — and doesn't CaterQuip (GB) Limited just know it!
The recently-opened venue, which the Northumberland distributor designed and fitted, is situated right opposite the Theatre Royal in Grainger Town, the historic heart of the city linked by a network of streets containing some of the finest Georgian and Victorian buildings in the region.
CaterQuip has spent the best part of a year at the site, answering a brief to convert a series of independent retail units into a 200-seat upmarket restaurant with adjoining nightclub facilities.
The company employs nine people in total and six of those were permanently on the job until it concluded, while various service personnel were brought in on a sub-contract basis, giving some indication of the resource required to handle the demands of the project as it unfolded.
"It was a privately-financed operation and a very large job in the scheme of things in Newcastle at the moment when people aren't spending vast amounts of money," says Howard Kell, managing director of CaterQuip.
"It is one of the biggest projects, certainly recently, that we have done and it is one that has taken a lot of our time up. It has been 12 months in the making and there was a lot of time spent on it in the early days. Plus we are involved in an off-spin of two nightclubs which the same customer owns — one below this particular venue and one that is being developed elsewhere in Newcastle, so the whole project has been quite a large one."
As you would expect, the location of the site presented a logistical obstacle for CaterQuip to navigate from the outset. "The place is based on different levels — if you are coming off Grey Street, the building is on a different level to when you come around the corner from the other side. Logistically that presented a bit of a problem, but we got around it," comments Kell.
To put the lay-out into some kind of perspective, diners entering the building via Grey Street have to walk up some steps inside the venue to reach the main bar and foyer area, but those entering via the adjacent street essentially arrive in the same area at ground floor level.
The main kitchen area, meanwhile, primarily lies on the ground floor, while there are two separate prep areas above that, along with a dishwash zone within the second prep area.
Additionally, while CaterQuip was given the 'luxury' of designing it from scratch because there was no legacy catering operation, it faced a considerable extraction and ventilation challenge for the very same reason.
Kell explains: "There is no flat roof to this building — the kitchen is on the ground floor level and there are six floors of offices above. One of the challenges was getting service ducts in."
Subsequently, ventilation became a significant aspect of the job, with Hertfordshire-based Chapman Ventilation given the task of designing and supplying the bespoke canopies as it was also involved with the ductwork through a service area to the outside.
"It was quite a difficult ventilation job and they needed somebody who could basically throw a lot of muscle at it," says Kell. "It was a crucial part of the project, with it being a tempered system and all controlled electronically. Everything is run on computer screens and programmable, so it switches itself on and off, and when the whole place goes down to 22°C you get warm air coming in."
There was a downside to that set-up initially, though. The original design contained an ice room with two large machines producing ice, but this was compromised when it emerged that hot air would be pumped into the room in the early hours of the morning. CaterQuip therefore disconnected it and put a small cellar cooling unit in to regulate the temperature.
CaterQuip designed the kitchen, the prep areas, back-of-house areas, wine cellars and ice storage rooms, as well as the bars. It provided CAD drawings of the kitchens following a brief from the client's executive chef, which Kell says underwent about a dozen revisions before the final lay-out was decided.
"We had structural constraints but the job was really a blank canvass," he says. "Working with the chef, we identified where the cookline was going to go, where the prep areas were going to go and where the dishwashing area was going to go, and together with the mechanical services people and the builder we came up with the design which was incorporated into their scheme of things."
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A key feature of the kitchen area is a giant eight-and-a-half metre hot pass built specifically to the operator's requirements by Lancashire-based CED. It arrived in three sections and was fitted onsite by CaterQuip's install team. "It is technically an open kitchen but it does have a screen in front of it," says Kell. "They felt that it was too open, so they blanked off about 50% of it with a glass screen."
As far as the equipment goes, the chef wanted a main cookline with two separate cook areas so that chefs could work independently.
He plumped for a Falcon Dominator range having used the brand before, with gas tops and convection ovens providing the cooking power required.
In between the ranges sits a Josper charcoal oven, while two Rational combis have also been deployed: a 10 grid and 20 grid. Training sessions were subsequently set up with Josper and Rational development chefs to ensure the kitchen brigade knew how to optimise each item of equipment before officially opening for business.
Elsewhere, bench and upright cabinets were supplied by Foster, coldrooms came from Celltherm, and Maidaid provided all the warewashing equipment, including glasswashers in the bar areas, and ice machines. IMC, meanwhile, supplied glass frosters and waste disposal units.
Given the French-themed menu, the restaurant naturally offers a range of breads, so a Victor hot cupboard has been incorporated to meet demand for items such as baguettes and hot sandwiches. The restaurant has also extended its opening hours since it launched, allowing it to cater to the passing breakfast trade as well.
Considering the complexities and scale of the project — valued at around £260,000 — Kell insists it actually went relatively smoothly, with the company able to call on its knowledge and experience of the industry to navigate any hurdles it encountered and ensure the specification was met. He admits that the most pleasing aspect of completing the project came from "getting it right virtually first time".
He elaborates: "The builder had, I think, 14 pages of snags and we had half a page, so to be perfectly honest we were quite pleased. The satisfaction was knowing that we had done a good job within budget and on time, and delivered it how the client wanted."
With the restaurant anchored in a prime location at the heart of Newcastle's historic theatre scene, the fruits of CaterQuip's work are set to be enjoyed by Newcastle diners for many years to come.
View pictures of the project in our exclusive online gallery here.
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Equipment from a variety of manufacturers was used during the fit-out, including:
– Celltherm Coldroom
– Falcon Cooking ranges
– Foster Refrigeration
– Josper Charocal fired grill
– IMC Glassfrosters; waste disposal units
– Maidaid Warewashers; ice machines
– Rational Combination ovens
– Victor Hot cupboards
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Good news for Hall-of-Fame seniors: Centennial class "is going to happen"
Clark Judge
There's been a lot of speculation lately about a proposed Centennial Class for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, a one-time body of inductees -- many of them from decades past – to join Canton as part of the NFL's 100th anniversary celebration.
Well, forget about speculation. The Centennial Class is a plan that "is going to happen," according to Joe Horrigan, the Hall's former executive director who retired this month after 42 years.
How it will be accomplished … how many players, coaches and contributors will be chosen … how they will be chosen … who that group is and how it will be honored … essentially, the "details," as Horrigan put it, has not been determined.
Nevertheless, having the idea itself accepted is a significant step toward reducing a backlog of qualified seniors, coaches and contributors that only increases with each year. According to our Rick Gosselin, there are seven first-team all-decade players in the senior pool, and only one – former Dallas safety Cliff Harris – has been a Hall-of-Fame finalist.
Worse, that happened just once (2004).
"Let me put it this way," Horrigan said on the Talk of Fame Network broadcast that aired Wednesday night, "It has been, in principle, approved. Our board meets later this month – our Hall-of-Fame board of directors – and we'll go to them again with more detailed plans different from what we produced for them two months ago.
"But I will tell you this: We do not have the final blessing on it, only because we have to work out details. Now the question of whether or not they support the idea that everybody does (isn't really a question) … Now we just have to come down with what the size of the class would be, how they will be selected and who will do it."
Too often, qualified candidates wait decades before hearing their names called. It took guard Jerry Kramer, a member of the NFL's 50th anniversary team, 45 years to be elected in 2018. Safety Johnny Robinson waited 43 years to be inducted this summer. Quarterback Ken Stabler was enshrined 27 years after retiring and one year after his death.
But others never move forward, one reason the senior pool has been labeled "the abyss." With no more than three seniors eligible for election every two years, the list of qualified candidates can barely be scratched by the Hall's 48 selectors. According to Gosselin, there are 65 all-decade "position" choices (i.e., no kickers or return specialists) who aren't in the Hall … including 58 who haven't been discussed as finalists.
I'm sorry, but that's just not right. And, apparently, the Hall agrees.
So it has come up with an idea that's as welcome as it is sensible. Celebrating the NFL's 100th anniversary in 2020 by having what some call an "amnesty class" (a term the Hall loathes) helps to do what voters could not – take a bite out of the ranks of qualified candidates who have been forgotten, ignored or both.
"Without going into too much detail," said Horrigan, "I think it will be a way in which we honor those players, coaches and contributors who participated in the game's first century that have been … through no fault of their own …overlooked.
"We want to make sure that they get their fair shake before we start moving into the next century and have this continuing, growing backlog of players who, through no fault of their own … others than just the mere numbers game … (have trouble) getting elected."
One likely target would be former NFL star Duke Slater, a six-time All-Pro who played in the 1920s and was the first African-American lineman in NFL history. On the latest Talk of Fame Network interview, Horrigan reiterated something he said months before in a previous interview with us … and that's that, if he had a voter, he would make Slater his first choice for Canton.
Slater played for the Milwaukee Badgers, the Rock Island Independents and the Chicago Cardinals. He later was instrumental in forming an all-star team of African-American players and coached black semi-pro teams in the late 1930s and in 1940.
He is, as Horrigan said, "a perfect example" of someone who has been overlooked.
"When he was in Chicago," said Horrigan, "he played a position that was difficult for people to understand -- even today -- as a lineman in an era when even that was less understood. In the '60s, when they (voters) were trying to pick players from the '20s, that was a very tough task.
"There are just so many more factors that move into consideration for players like Duke. (But the bottom line) is: The Centennial Class is going to happen. Exactly how many and how … we haven't worked out. We have a couple of different proposals there. But I'm looking forward to it."
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Mziuri Destination Guide
Delve into Mziuri in Georgia!
Mziuri in the region of Abkhazia is located in Georgia - some 171 mi (or 276 km) West of Tbilisi, the country's capital.
Current time in Mziuri is now 09:26 AM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named "Asia / Tbilisi" with an UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Erzincan, Grozny, Zugdidi, Zemo Ghumurishi, Tbilisi or Pirveli Akvagha. While being here, make sure to check out Zemo-Barghebi, T'agiloni, Sida, Shamgona, Samk'vari and Gali as well. We discovered some videos in the web. Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation.
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Samegrelo/Samargalo or Megrelia, Mingrelia is a historic province in the western part of Georgia, formerly also known as Odishi. It is inhabited by the Mingrelians, an ethnic subgroup of the Georgians.
Located at 42.62, 41.73 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 4 mi away.
Chuburkhindji (known as Tzalamukhi until 1957) is a village in the Gali District of Abkhazia. As is the case in the rest of the district its population is almost exclusively Mingrelian (an ethnic subgroup of the Georgian people). The village is the place of regular quadripartite meetings known informally as the "Chuburkhinji sessions". The meetings have been suspended by the Abkhaz side since November 2006.
Located at 42.62, 41.73 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 5 mi away.
Lashkendar (Lashkendari) is a mountain in the Tkvarcheli district of Abkhazia. Its main summit is 1,373 m high. The mountain is one of the seven shrines of the Abkhaz people. There are also ruins of a Christian temple on one of its lesser summits (945 m) featuring bas-reliefs of leopards (or possibly dogs). The date of its construction is disputed with estimates ranging from 7th to 11th century.
Located at 42.62, 41.73 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 15 mi away.
Ganarjiis Mukhuri
Ganarjiis Mukhuri is a village in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of western Georgia. It is situated near the border with Abkhazia (a breakaway region of Georgia) and the city of Zugdidi. In 2006, a patriot camp in Ganmukhuri was opened. On August 18, 2008, after the Russian-Georgian War, the village was occupied by Abkhazian separatists and Russian military forces. They burnt the patriot camp in Ganmukhuri. On September 9, 2008, Abkhaz separatists and the Russian military left Ganmukhuri.
Located at 42.62, 41.73 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 15 mi away.
Anaklia is a town and seaside resort in western Georgia. It is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, at the place where the Enguri River (Inguri) flows into the Black Sea, near the administrative border with Abkhazia.
Located at 42.62, 41.73 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 16 mi away.
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Innoviz Technologies has launched the Innovizpro lidar sensor. It provides a CAN interface for control purposes.
At CES 2018, Innoviz's 3D-lidar was the winner of the Innovation Awards in the Vehicle Intelligence and Self-Driving Technology category. The product is sampled beginning of 2018. It provides a 1-Gbit/s Ethernet interface for the sensor data and a CAN port for controlling the lidar. The CAN interface is accessible by means of 9-pin Dsub connector.
Innovizpro is a development platform comprising a IP67-rated lidar sensor with a 73° by 20° field of view. The range accuracy is 3 cm. The laser beam is eye-safe and has a wavelength of 905 nm. It returns about two million points per second. The time-stamp resolution is 1 µs. The sensor creates a dense 3D-point cloud. The detection range is up to 150 m. This allows the lidar to detect objects even in the dark of night, cases of bright sunlight or quickly changing weather, and when the vehicle is traveling at highway speeds. Its design also allows configuration of regions of interest and ensures reliability and resilience to sunlight.
"Innovizpro provides immediate accessibility to our advanced lidar technology and marks a giant leap forward for the entire autonomous vehicle market," said Omer Keilaf, CEO & Co-Founder of Innoviz. "We are addressing a major need for high-resolution scanning technology at lower cost, with no minimum order required. While we continue to work towards automotive-grade lidar with Innovizone, our partners can order Innovizpro now in order to gain access to the most advanced lidar currently available."
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Apex Hal?(Apex Carpet Co.), founded in 1993, is among the leading companies who contributed in constituting the modern carpet concept in Turkey. Today the company is displaying activity also in home textile and accessories besides the carpet production. For the last three years, Apex Hal?mainly focused on carpet industry and particulary interested in non-slip soled polyamide carpet group. The company has a total of 235 dealers throughout Turkey.
"We proved that non-slip soled polyamide carpets can function also in living rooms. Concerning this, Apex Hal?has become a leading company introducing this kind of product group to Turkish market. We have other products which have some similar technical features with the ones available on the market. However the main distinctive feature of our products is the color combinations which are diligently selected and applied.?says Yunus Emre Prens, General Manager of Apex Hal?
International shows are seriously taken by the company. Believing in the advantages of this kind of shows, especially in terms of new product introductions, Apex Hal?participated in Eurasia Floor for the third time in 2006. In order to broaden their company vision, the company visits more than ten international fairs every year whether it is sector related or not.
Currently Apex Hal?does not have any intensive practice in overseas, however they have four dealers in Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan and Holland. When asked about the sales figures, Yunus Emre Prens responded "Sales figures in Iraq surprised us a lot. Even during the wartime, our products were sold in considerable amounts.?
Regarding the overseas activities Prens says: "Today Apex Hal?is trading with companies from France, United Arab Emirates, China, Belgium and Israel. We import goods from these countries and we have joint venture partnership with the companies. ISO standards is a must for us.?
Knowing that investing on the brand name is very important, the company is planning to be more active in overseas markets by making serious investments in the near future.


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text: Air Leakage Testing: A Hot Button or Hot Air? 08/01/2014 | By Christopher Curtland Find out when and where pressurization is a valuable forensic tool Blowing air into your building can prevent you from blowing your stack about its envelope performance. Air leakage testing quantitatively measures air seeping through your enclosure. The process involves pressurizing a space with blower door fans to create a detectable differential across the envelope. But it's not always an appropriate method for problem detection. Pressure testing is necessary when problems have become particularly invasive or if quantitative analysis is desired to prove compliance, verify performance, or identify opportunities for upgrades. Become an educated consumer of this service by building a rudimentary understanding of building science and enclosure performance. They say not to judge books by their covers – but the same can't be said of buildings. Contemplate the Clues Looking for issues actually starts with listening. Heed occupant complaints as a source of valuable information. "If there are problems, your people will let you know," says Dean Lewis, education and technical information manager at the American Architectural Manufacturers Association, which provides standards on testing methods for the industry. Clues and Calamities Develop a basic knowledge of building science and the physics of building enclosure performance before turning to expensive field testing, advises Daniel J. Lemieux, principal and unit manager at engineering firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates. Inappropriate or unnecessary testing can lead to false results and misguided repair efforts. These pitfalls can be avoided if you know what you're looking for. Consider Lemieux's warning signs and the potential problem resulting from them. 1. Water staining or moisture presence at interior drywall soffits, blind-pockets, lay-in ceiling tiles, and above windows and doors In clay brick and concrete masonry cavity wall construction, this could indicate defects in the through-wall flashing above the windows and doors rather than defects in the window and door products themselves, a common source of misdiagnosis. In architectural precast concrete and similar barrier-type exterior wall construction, this may reveal wintertime condensation on the inboard surfaces of the architectural precast concrete panels and anchors at floor-line spandrel conditions. This is also a potential indicator of breaches in perimeter joint sealants and gaskets often associated with improper design and installation, normal weathering and deterioration, or deferred maintenance. 2. Water staining or moisture presence on interior window and door frames, vertical mullions, inboard glass surfaces, and similar areas In addition to the situations above, this might point out defects in the installation of interior zone-dams, end-dams, and seals at frame joinery in exterior window and glazed aluminum curtainwall assemblies. Repair may require de-glazing or perhaps conversion of internally drained windows and curtainwall assemblies into barrier-type assemblies that rely on an additional exterior joint sealant to resist rainwater penetration. 3. Water staining, moisture presence, or formation of wintertime frost on interior window frame, sill, and inboard glass surfaces at insulating glass unit perimeters (IGUs) In cold climates or regions that experience unexpectedly cold wintertime outdoor air temperatures, this could show thermal bridging at window anchors, sub-sill flashing and frame receptors, and aluminum or stainless steel spacer-bars used in the assembly of IGUs. 4. Wet carpet or water staining and related damage to interior floor finishes at exterior wall lines In addition to potential breaches in perimeter joint sealants and gaskets of exterior wall systems, this may also indicate wintertime condensation and thawing of frost on the inboard surfaces of the architectural precast concrete panels and anchors at floor-line spandrel conditions. 5. Discoloration on interior or exterior wall surfaces, either in the field of the wall or in-line with metal studs and fasteners This may indicate thermal bridging across the enclosure or improper design, placement, and installation of a continuous insulation layer, vapor retarder, and air barrier. 6. Inability to effectively maintain a consistent and comfortable indoor environment for occupants This could also reveal the lack of a properly installed continuous insulation layer, vapor retarder, and air barrier. IAQ surveys may turn up comments on dust, mold, pests, and exterior noise, explains Lee Durston, senior building science consultant at engineering firm Morrison Hershfield. Although it may be easy to disregard their remarks, use occupants as your eyes and ears in the field. Perhaps the most fickle and frustrating complaints concern thermal comfort. But drafts and stuffiness can be significant indicators. "Pay attention to the presence of personal comfort devices like heaters or fans," recommends Doug Phelps, director of business development at window and door supplier Pella EFCO Commercial Solutions. "Seeing those is a good clue that the space isn't performing." Lastly, if moisture has penetrated the system, you can be certain that air has. "Relatively common clues include water staining or the presence of detectable moisture at various locations like wall surfaces, ceiling tiles, window and door frames, or carpet and flooring finishes," explains Daniel J. Lemieux, principal and unit manager at engineering firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates. It can be helpful to make a few notes in cases of apparent water leakage failure. "Were leaks noticed during a severe storm? Did your local news outlet comment on particularly strong winds or wind-driven rain?" says Lewis. "That information can assist in evaluating whether the system actually failed to meet its ratings or if conditions exceeded the manufacturer's design." Now that you know what evidence to look for, you can ascertain whether pressure testing can further your forensic investigation. Mull Methodology and Motivation If any combination of the aforementioned clues has been observed at your site, air leakage testing can help you identify the root causes. If a problem becomes invasive, you want to be sure to get the solution right the first time. "Pressure testing is a troubleshooting tool in a lot of practices," says Ned Lyon, staff consultant at engineering firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger. "But it is also used as a way of quantifying or categorizing performance." The need for quantitative testing continues to increase as energy code requirements for airtightness become more stringent and designers include targets for specialty high-humidity buildings such as pools and museums, Lyon explains. The 2012 International Energy Conservation Code requires a dedicated air barrier for the enclosure and allows whole building air leakage testing to demonstrate compliance. Similarly, pressure testing is used to prove the performance of certain construction projects and upgrades. After making improvements to glazing, storefronts, curtainwalls, or other envelope components, make sure the manufacturer measures and verifies their claims. Regardless of your motivation for implementing pressure testing, having a basic understanding of how the process works will help you get the most out of it. A calibrated fan about 30 inches in diameter can move up to 6,000 cfm of air, explains Lyon. A frame and cover mount up to three fans to a doorway. The fans then create a pressure differential across the building enclosure. Although some crafty FMs attempt to crudely mimic pressurization with makeshift methods, this intensive procedure necessitates outside expertise. "We've received questions like, 'My windows are leaking – how close should I be able to hold a cigarette lighter without it blowing out?'" adds Lewis. "Variations of do-it-yourself testing have involved leaf blowers and garden hoses, but there are no 'kitchen drawer' tests for air leakage or water penetration." The size of your building and scope of the test will determine where to go for help. "There are several small firms that can handle residential-size buildings and one- or two-story structures," explains Lyon. "A local utility program may even perform blower door testing as part of an energy audit. When you start moving up in size, you run into trouble." Designing and setting up a test is an art, Lyon adds. Computer controls monitor multiple fans at once, and although the actual test may only take a couple hours, the planning can take several days. 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Wattpad Is Running Writing Contest For Teens
Online publishing community Wattpad has teamed up with author Lisa McMann and Simon & Schuster's online writing community PulseIt for a writing contest that will bring one teen writer to New York.
Entrants must write 1,000 words responding to McMann's prompt: "I twisted my hair into a ponytail, tucking it under my cap and lowering the brim. Then I took a final look around the room full of strangers, wondering which of them would help me escape, and which would try to kill me."
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As younger generations develop life goals, there is a way for parents, grandparents, family and friends to contribute money or assets to support them with a degree of flexibility…
As a child finds their feet, long-term objectives evolve (e.g.: getting on the property ladder, going to university, travelling the world or setting up a business). Pension savings will provide a valuable source of income in later life but won't be available earlier on to help with ambitions requiring larger expenses. This is where a Designated Collective Investment Portfolio can be advantageous.
When thinking about gifting to children, there are many options including Deposit Savings Accounts, Junior ISAs and Bare Trusts, all of which are held in the child's own name.
A Designated Collective Investment Portfolio is an option which allows you to invest long-term for a child of any age, while retaining full control of any assets invested. Furthermore, it allows the investor (the parent or grandparent) absolute flexibility to decide when to give away the assets and there is no commitment to ever do so.
Setting up a Designated Collective Investment Portfolio
An adult is required to set up a Designated Collective Investment Portfolio under their own full name. When investments are made into the portfolio, something as clear and simple as a child's initials could mark the intent of an investment being specifically for the benefit of the child's future.
By designating cash or assets to a child within a Designated Collective Investment Portfolio, you can mark assets at the point of investment as for the child's future and then 'give' those assets when the time is right – unlike gifting as explained…
Gifting = Irrevocable
When gifting money or assets to a child, this becomes property of the child at the point the gift is made. Providing the individual making the gift lives for at least seven years after the gift takes place, those assets would become a Potentially Exempt Transfer (PET), falling outside the donor's estate and therefore no longer subject to Inheritance Tax. This can be useful when considering your own tax position.
But there's a catch and trust is the word. When gifting to a minor via a Designated Collective Investment Portfolio, it becomes an irrevocable Designated Collective Investment Portfolio, in which a bare trust is set up to facilitate the transfer of assets to the child as a named beneficiary. The child, as the beneficiary of the trust, would immediately own assets placed into the trust. Tax responsibility lies with the child regardless of whether they can access the assets or not, and the child would inevitably gain full access and control of all assets, without limit, at age 18 in England (16 in Scotland).
Giving = Revocable
If you choose to give assets to a child by designation with future intent, you'll retain full control of those assets within what's known as a revocable Designated Collective Investment Portfolio. While any tax liability relating to investments will remain with you, you hold the power to retain complete control of how and when those assets are eventually placed into the hands of the child-come-adult, either as a lump sum or in stages.
While a designated asset is still within your estate for Inheritance Tax purposes, the asset is simply 'earmarked' for the child with no solid decisions made at the point of designation. This is why it's called a revocable Designated Collective Investment Portfolio as the future of any designated investments is flexible. You have no obligation to fulfil the transfer and can change your intentions at any time.
Power = Responsibility
We've established that the key differences between Revocable and Irrevocable are:
- Where the tax responsibility lies
- The timing of access to the funds
If you're looking at mitigating tax and making use of allowances and reliefs, a revocable Designated Collective Investment Portfolio does not use the child's Personal Allowance and Capital Gains Tax exemptions, so it's important to consider overall ambitions and long-term implications.
Benefits and drawbacks of a revocable Designated Collective Investment Portfolio
*Pound Cost Averaging is a strategy of investing at differing times e.g. monthly, as opposed to investing a single lump sum into the markets potentially at a very high point (although the reverse is also true). This can help to smooth out the risks of investing, achieving an average purchase price of funds being invested over time.
In Summary
When you designate assets to a child via a revocable Designated Collective Investment Portfolio, there's no obligation to release those assets when the child turns 18 or at any point thereafter. This allows you to plan ahead with complete flexibility as to how and when the transfer of assets might take place, if at all.
In addition, the child can still have a Savings Bank Account or even a Junior ISA, offering more diversification for growth.
This is a simple but flexible option for individuals who wish to gift assets to their loved ones, while retaining control until a suitable time comes for such a gift to be handed over.
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McCorkell and Bord na Móna have created a series of handy gardening hacks and video tutorials which work as an easy reference tool for anyone keen to get growing.
In the first of a series of eight videos, which teach hopeful gardeners how to do everything from putting together hanging baskets to watering plants properly, Jane demonstrates how to make an everyday herb pillar in no time at all. Perfect for anyone who uses fresh herbs when cooking, but wants to save time and money on buying them in the shop!
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Dialogue of the Deaf 2017 : History & Society - Dialogue of the Deaf
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Call For Papers
We are happy to announce the upcoming 2017 International Conference "History & Society – Dialogue of the Deaf" taking place on 31st of August and 1st of September in Warsaw, Poland. All the PhD students and young researchers are invited to sumbit an abstract or attend as free listeners.
The main aim of the conference is to restimulate the reflections on the interrelations between social sciences and history. This theme is an object of the century-old but lively controversy. Social history gained its momentum as a result of works of researchers associated with the famous Annales journal, such as Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre, in the first half of the 20th century, who refocused their inquiries from the outdated "event history" to the analyses of social structures and phenomena constructing historical events. 1960s witnessed the breakthrough of "new social history" which soon transformed the discipline into the dominating historiographical trend of the Anglophone world. In the 1990s its prominent position was endangered by one member of its intellectual offspring, cultural history.
Basing on the data from British and Irish universities, where 26% of academic historians identify with social history, it is the most common approach to writing history. Nonetheless, many eminent researchers still disregard its importance. In the light of these voices, it seems necessary to reconsider the relations between history, society, and culture.
We hereby invite to discuss that matter. Both Polish and non-Polish scholars, as well as the representatives of such disciplines as history, social sciences, art history, archaeology, geography, anthropology, cultural studies and others will be welcome to present their research reports at the conference.
We plan to organise the referees' presentations in three separate sections: 1. Theory and Methodology, 2. Practice and Examples, and 3. Future Perspectives of developing the fields in question. The conference panels will be related, but are not limited to:
– the problem of "dialogue of the deaf" between historians and sociologists,
– social history and historical sociology,
– historical geography and demography,
– cultural history,
– memory studies,
– new historiographical trends, including the posthumanistic approaches,
– history of the interdisciplinary-oriented historiography,
– methodological aspects of socio-historical research.
As we plan to organise panels according to the language of presentations, and as Poland is the host for the conference, abstracts in English as well as in Polish are welcome.


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Realizing that the Islamic population in the U.S. has soared to ten million, the American Academy of Pediatrics wants American doctors receive legal permission to perform a ceremonial pinprick or "nick" on the genitalia of Muslim baby girls.
The academy's committee on bioethics, in a policy statement last week, said some pediatricians had suggested that current federal law, which "makes criminal any non-medical procedure performed on the genitals" of a girl in the United States, has had the unintended consequence of driving some families to take their daughters to other countries to undergo circumcision.
"It might be more effective if federal and state laws enabled pediatricians to reach out to families by offering a ritual nick as a possible compromise to avoid greater harm," the group said.
Opponents of female genital mutilation, or F.G.M., have decried the Academy's stance.
"I am sure the academy had only good intentions, but what their recommendation has done is only create confusion about whether F.G.M. is acceptable in any form, and it is the wrong step forward on how best to protect young women and girls," said Representative Joseph Crowley, Democrat of New York, who recently introduced a bill to toughen federal law by making it a crime to take a girl overseas to be circumcised. "F.G.M. serves no medical purpose, and it is rightfully banned in the U.S."
Georganne Chapin, executive director of an advocacy group called Intact America, said she was "astonished that a group of intelligent people did not see the utter slippery slope that we put physicians on" with the new policy statement. "How much blood will parents be satisfied with?"
Ms. Chapin added: "There are countries in the world that allow wife beating, slavery and child abuse, but we don't allow people to practice those customs in this country. We don't let people have slavery a little bit because they're going to do it anyway, or beat their wives a little bit because they're going to do it anyway."
A member of the academy's bioethics committee, Dr. Lainie Friedman Ross, associate director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, said the panel's intent was to issue a "statement on safety in a culturally sensitive context."
Dr. Friedman Ross said that the committee members "oppose all types of female genital cutting that impose risks or physical or psychological harm," and consider the ritual nick "a last resort," but that the nick is "supposed to be as benign as getting a girl's ears pierced. It's taking a pin and creating a drop of blood."
She said the panel had only heard hackneyed anecdotes from worried doctors.
"If we just told parents, 'No, this is wrong,' our concern is they may take their daughters back to their home countries, where the procedure may be more extensive cutting and may even be done without anesthesia, with unsterilized knives or even glass," she said. "A just-say-no policy may end up alienating these families, who are going to then find an alternative that will do more harm than good."
More than 130 million women and girls worldwide have undergone female genital cutting, according to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It is mostly performed on girls younger than 15 in countries including Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia. Consequences can include severe complications with pregnancy, childbirth and sexual dysfunction.
The academy's statement acknowledged that opponents of the procedure, "including women from African countries, strongly oppose any compromise that would legitimize even the most minimal procedure."
Dr. Friedman Ross said, "If you medicalize it and say it's permissible, is there a possibility that some people will misunderstand it and go beyond a nick? Yes."
But she added the risk that people denied the ceremonial procedure, usually on the clitoris, would opt for the more harmful one was much more dangerous.
And the statement said that, "in some countries where FGC is common, some progress toward eradication or amelioration has been made by substituting ritual 'nicks' for more severe forms." The Last Crusade can find no reported accounts or other evidence to support the statement regarding "ritual nicks".
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Bright Print Works Aluminum PVC Signage is produced on high-end, scratch-resistant aluminum composite which is then adhered to our Sintra PVC, what this means is they will last for years to come. Full-color printing with UV ink, single or double-sided. Some typical uses for these types of signs are; Point-of-purchase displays, Menu boards, Directional and informational signs, Nameplates and name tags, Trade Show Signage, Real Estate Signs, Retail POP Signs and so much more. You will love the way these Aluminum PVC Signs pop and represent your brand or event, we guarantee it!
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Instrument Memory
At the SMART board students had to take all of the instruments
and place them into the correct family. When the group was finished,
they tapped the 'check' tab to see if they were correct.
There were lots of "YESSS!" cheers!
One center was to reflect on the concert we had just returned from seeing.
Here is an example of what most students found to be most memorable.


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On their recent Ring of Fire Expedition, ski mountaineers Emily Harrington and Michelle Parker combined the hard work of climbing with the most efficient form of descent (that isn't flying) and skied down Cotopaxi! Check out these beautiful photos by Michelle from the trip.
Emily and Michelle attempted to ski Cotopaxi a few years back but were turned around in marginal conditions – you can read all about it here. This year it looks like conditions were much better, congratulations on the summit ladies!


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The Strategic Projects Department at Imam Hussain Holy Shrine announced the completion of two schools within the project of al-Warith Schools Complex located on al-Hurr Road in the city of Karbala.
Chief Engineer Mohammed Dhia' Mohammed spoke to the shrine's official website saying, "The work is continuing to complete the project, which is being implemented by the Strategic Projects Department of Imam Hussain Holy Shrine and Khairat al-Sibtayn Company. The completion rates of the two schools currently stand at 90%," indicating that the area of one school is 1350 square meters and each school contains three floors.
"Al-Warith Schools Complex includes six schools, three for boys and three for girls. The total area of the project is 19000 square meters (1.9 hectares), with each school containing 13 classrooms, laboratories and a library, in addition to a sports club," added Mohammed.
The two schools will open to receive students at the beginning of the new school year.
Imam Hussain Holy Shrine is building primary and secondary schools and with international standards, in order to raise the educational level and to instill a sense of national responsibility and solidarity towards the country.


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Teaching and learning in 2020/21
In order to prioritise the safety of students and staff, we are planning to teach through a flexible combination of online and onsite learning. For more details on changes to this course, see our undergraduate course changes page or postgraduate course changes page.
Course Overview
* Price per academic year
Course summary
Our degree courses with Foundation year offer the opportunity to prepare you for advanced study before you progress onto a full honours degree at the University of Westminster.
Whether you do not feel ready for degree-level study, don't have the right qualifications, want to change your subject specialism or return to study after an absence from education, we aim to encourage a broad range of students to undertake our Foundation year in order to progress onto their full honours degree with us.
The Foundation year is designed to give you the opportunity to explore new ideas, opening up new perspectives on the key debates within your chosen field. Core modules accelerate your academic and professional development, bringing together like-minded students to think about the 'big ideas' within your discipline. You will also take modules from areas closely related to your chosen field, giving you the chance to develop a cross-disciplinary perspective on your course.
On successful completion of the Foundation year, you will be able to move on to study for the English Literature BA Honours degree over a further three years study.
Our English Literature BA gives you an opportunity to study English literature in its wider social, cultural, and historical contexts.
You'll be able to engage with an exciting variety of texts, both traditional (such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens) and non-traditional (such as queer fiction, graphic novels, and new forms of digital content) alongside other kinds of cultural works such as films, museums and art. You'll become a sophisticated reader of texts in their wider cultural contexts, at the same time as sharpening your skills in research. This training in critical and creative reading is particularly suitable if you are considering English teaching, the publishing or journalism industries, or any career that involves sophisticated communication skills and an advanced level of language use. It is of particular interest to those wishing to develop their skills as a writer. Our degree is strong in promoting the transferable and cognitive skills that employers value, and that contribute to lifelong personal and professional development.
We begin the course with an examination of what literature is, what tools we use to discuss it, and how texts are related to the historical contexts from which they emerge. As you progress through the course, you'll be introduced to a wide variety of literature from Shakespeare to the Gothic, American fiction, Modernism and contemporary writing. You'll study different forms including poetry, prose, and drama, looking at texts from diverse periods and places.
We make the most of our central London location in the midst of galleries, museums, cinemas and theatres, and use the urban landscape as a resource for studying the social and theoretical issues relating to literature.
Top reasons to study with us
- Benefit from small group learning – We offer bespoke small group tutorials of around five students per tutor, which are designed to support your individual learning needs during the first two years of your degree, as well as academic skills support throughout your degree
- Engage with a variety of texts – You'll be studying both traditional and non-traditional texts alongside other cultural works such as films, museums and art
- Learn transferable skills – Our degree will prepare you for a variety of careers by helping you to build your communication skills, research skills and creativity in problem-solving
- Experience cultural London – Our unrivalled central London location allows us to take advantage of the wealth of cultural institutions and opportunities in London
Course structure
There is a range of optional modules available from within the School of Humanities and across the University in each year of study. In Year 3, you have a particularly extensive array of modules to choose from, which allows you to tailor the degree to your own interests and future aspirations. In Year 3, you also complete a dissertation in a topic of your choice, with one-to-one supervisory support.
Our principal mode of teaching is through seminars of 15-25 students, with some larger university lectures. A key feature of our degree is our weekly small group tutorials (about five students per tutor). These are designed to support your own individual learning needs as you go through the first two years. The tutorials are specific to this degree and provide an important space for you to find personalised support in your studies more generally, alongside enhancing your study and employability skills.
As with all university study, much of your learning is independent, conducted beyond the classroom (individually and in groups) in the library, at home, and via our online learning system (Blackboard), and the tutorials provide essential support for independent study.
Assessment on the English Literature BA varies from traditional essays, presentations and small analytic exercises of texts through to small research projects and ultimately the preparation and writing of your own dissertation in the final year. Some modules combine coursework with a short exam.
The following subjects are indicative of what you will study on this course.
Subjects of study include:
- Introduction to Academic Practice
- Intercultural Communication
- Imagining Global Society and Politics
- Critical Thinking for Academic and Professional Development
- Reading Identities
- History, Memory and Belonging
There are no optional or elective modules offered at Level 3, as the focus is on the development of key academic skills through a broad understanding of social sciences and humanities.
Credit Level 3
Subjects of study include:
- English Literature Tutorial
- What is Literature?
- Keywords for Literary Studies
- Shakespeare and Performance
- Poetry and Politics
Credit Level 4
Subjects of study include:
- English Literature Tutorial
- The Nineteenth Century
- The Novel
- Monsters
- Making Memory: Culture, History and Representation
- Travel Sickness
- Writing Revolutions
Credit Level 5
Subjects of study include:
- Tragedy: Ancient to Modern
- Fiction after 1950
- Satire and the City
- Issues in Culture
- Sexualities in Literature and Culture
- Special Topic (varies each year)
- The Modernist World
- English Literature Dissertation
Credit Level 6
Programme Specification
For more details on course structure and modules, and how you will be taught and assessed, see the programme specification.
Graduates of the English Literature BA go on to work in a wide variety of fields, including further study at MA and PhD levels, teaching, arts organisations such as theatres and museums, charities, journalism, marketing and public relations.
Our degree enhances your communication skills, research skills, initiative and creativity in problem-solving – skills that are valued in a wide range of careers.
We provide guidance in CV writing and drafting job applications, and preparing for interviews and psychometric tests, giving you a headstart in your graduate career.
The University's Careers and Employability Service has built up a network of over 3,000 employers around the world, helping all our students explore and connect with exciting opportunities and careers and support you to achieve your full potential.
Transferable skills
On graduating, you'll have an array of important transferable skills, including:
- A sophisticated use of written and spoken English
- An advanced critical ability in the use of theoretical perspectives
- Facility and precision in the use of analytical tools
- Strong skills and initiative in collecting and organising complex materials and writing up clear, well-presented reports or fluent critical arguments
Work experience
Students on this course can gain valuable work experience supporting a teacher in a school or college through the Explore Teaching programme, using your subject knowledge to support and inspire small groups of pupils.
Job roles
This course will prepare you for roles in a range of fields, including:
- Advertising
- Academia
- Curation
- Journalism
- Marketing and PR
- Publishing and editing
- Research
- Teaching
Graduate employers
Graduates from this course have found employment at organisations including:
- Apple
- Arsenal Football Club
- Bank of England
- BBC (Newsround, Holby City)
- Cancer Research
- Civil Service
- Charles Dickens Museum
- English Heritage
- Hope Not Hate
- Imperial War Museum
- Ministry of Defence
- Penguin
- Selfridges & Co
- Tate Britain
- Taylor and Francis (publishing)
- Ted Baker
- The Guardian
- Victoria and Albert Museum
International Opportunities
Many of our courses offer international study and work experiences, and the University provides other global opportunities that all students can apply for - so whatever you're studying, you'll have the chance to go abroad.
Opportunities could include:
- Taking part in semester or year-long exchanges at institutions around the world
- Attending an international summer school or field trip
- Developing your CV through volunteering or work placements abroad
International experience broadens horizons, boosts self-confidence, and improves global understanding, alongside being fantastic for your career.
Find out more about our international opportunities, including funding options and where you can go.
Course Leader
Dr Lucy Bond
Principal Lecturer
Lucy is a Principal Lecturer in English Literature. She was educated at the University of Cambridge (English Literature BA), the University of London (Cultural Memory MA), and Goldsmiths, University of London (PhD in English and Comparative Literature). She has lectured at the universities of London and Westminster. She teaches modules in American literature and culture, trauma, and memory.
Her research examines memory, race, and the environment in the Deep South. She has published several books and articles, including Frames of Memory after 9/11 (Palgrave 2015), Memory Unbound: Tracing the Dynamics of Memory Studies (Berghahn 2016), Planetary Memory in Contemporary American Fiction (Routledge 2017), and Trauma (Routledge New Critical Idiom, 2019).
Our English Literature BA will give you the tools to think critically about the world and the writers you will study."
Course Team
Why study this course?
Study in the heart of London, a historic literary city and home to some of the world's most celebrated writers, and make the most of the many cultural opportunities available.
Our weekly small group tutorials are designed to give you additional support during the first two years of your degree.
On our course, you'll study both traditional texts and texts from outside the usual literary canon, while focusing on the broader context of Western history and thought, and art and culture.
Online open days
Join us at an online open day and get a feel for student life at the University of Westminster.
You'll get a chance to:
- Speak to our academic staff
- Take a virtual reality tour of our student halls
- Ask us any questions you may have about student finance and accommodation
Entry Requirements
- A Levels – DDE to CDD
- International Baccalaureate – 24 points. We also welcome applications from students taking the IB Career related Programme
- BTEC Extended Diploma – MPP to MMP
- BTEC Diploma – MM to DM
- Access – 64 to 80 UCAS Tariff points from the Access course
In addition to one of the above, you should have:
- GCSE English Language grade 4/C – IB grade 4 Higher Level, GCSE Maths grade 4/C – IB grade 4
If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
We also welcome applications from students who are taking a combination of qualifications listed above. For further information, please contact Course Enquiries.
View more information about our entry requirements and the application process
- International Baccalaureate – 24 points
If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
More information
Learn new skills
From Arabic to Spanish, you can learn a new language alongside your degree with our Polylang programme.
Our award-winning Creative Enterprise Centre offers industry networking events, workshops, one-to-one business advice and support for your startup projects.
We provide access to free online courses in Adobe and Microsoft Office applications, as well as thousands of specialist courses on LinkedIn Learning.
Fees and Funding
UK and EU tuition fee: £9,250 (Price per academic year)
When you have enrolled with us, your annual tuition fees will remain the same throughout your studies with us. We do not increase your tuition fees each year.
Find out how we set our tuition fees.
As well as tuition fee loans, there is a range of funding available to help you fund your studies.
Find out about undergraduate student funding options.
The University is dedicated to supporting ambitious and outstanding students and we offer a variety of scholarships to eligible undergraduate students, which cover all or part of your tuition fees.
Find out if you qualify for one of our scholarships.
Additional costs
You should budget between £50–£100 for additional materials at Level 4, £50–£100 at Level 5 and £50–£100 at Level 6.
See also our general policy on what your tuition fees cover.
International tuition fee: £14,000 (Price per academic year)
When you have enrolled with us, your annual tuition fees will remain the same throughout your studies with us. We do not increase your tuition fees each year.
Find out how we set our tuition fees.
As well as tuition fee loans, there is a range of funding available to help you fund your studies.
Find out about undergraduate student funding options.
The University is dedicated to supporting ambitious and outstanding students and we offer a variety of scholarships to eligible undergraduate students, which cover all or part of your tuition fees.
Find out if you qualify for one of our scholarships.
Additional costs
You should budget between £50–£100 for additional materials at Level 4, £50–£100 at Level 5 and £50–£100 at Level 6.
See also our general policy on what your tuition fees cover.
Teaching and assessment
Below you'll find examples of how marks have been calculated and study time distributed in the past. Changes to assessment weights and division of study time may be made in response to feedback and in accordance with our terms and conditions.
How you'll be taught
Teaching methods across all our undergraduate courses focus on active student learning through seminars, workshops, problem-based and blended learning, as well as group work. Teaching will be informed by our research, giving you the benefit of the knowledge of current theories and, where appropriate, their practical application.
How you'll be assessed
Assessment methods across our undergraduate courses may include essays, reports, presentations, case studies, videos, podcasts and posters, as well as time-constrained in-class tests and exams.
Data from the academic year 2019/20
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Sarah Michelle Gellar wants to help DIY your Mother's Day
She's already slayed vampires. Now Sarah Michelle Gellar has her sights set on conquering Pinterest.
On Tuesday, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress joined the crafty social network, launching a variety of lifestyle and DIY boards in preparation for Mother's Day. Crafts, snack ideas and home decor inspiration — SMG has got you covered!
"One of my favorite activities to do with my kids is crafting. But so often I think we see things, but then think we could never make them," Gellar recently said in a statement to Mashable. "So I created this [DIY Mother's Day Gifts] board, to guide from aspiration to actual creation. These are not only doable projects, but useful items like picture frames (and the art to put in them), wine glasses and even edible arrangements."
To help out with the Pinterest launch, Mashable is partnering with Gellar, collaborating on her DIY Mother's Day Gift board. Follow along to find crafty ways to say "Thank you, mom!"
Check out some of Sarah's pins below. And don't forget to check out her full Pinterest profile here and Mashable's Pinterest profile here.
Follow Sarah Michelle Gellar's board DIY Mother's Day Gifts on Pinterest.
And for more craft ideas, check out Mashable's DIY Inspiration board below.