The daredevil hunters who dice with death for a rare dinner

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Nick Jardine, professor of the history and philosophy of science at Cambridge University, runs an annual fungus hunt for colleagues and students through Thetford Forest. Jardine, who is a keen mycologist and knows the names of over 2,000 fungi, runs the hunts as a way of allowing participants to think about the subject of natural history in a relaxed way while having some fun.

Study and teaching, Discovery and exploration, Fungi, Natural history, Educational aspects, Jardine, Nick

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Click here for a test of flexibility

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Online assessment is a valuable learning tool that reflects the skills students learn, while also including flexibility and re-usability to develop their understanding. Tips are provided for an effective and interactive e-assessment technique that enables tutors stretch and check students' knowledge.

Methods, Usage, Online education

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Visions of life and death on the road to Canterbury

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An analysis of the work of Chaucer ahead of the "Second London Chaucer Conference: Chaucer and Vision", which is due to take place under the auspices of the London Old abd Middle English Research Seminar and the Institute of English Studies in London on 30-31 March 2005.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, English poetry, Age of Chaucer, 1369-1400, Chaucer, Geoffrey

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