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Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Le Monde that: ‘France possesses in Jeanne Leleu its most talented female composer’ (cited in Hamer, 2018, p. 83). Although not often performed today, Leleu was a highly regarded composer during the earlier twentieth century. She won France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome in 1923, pursued a successful career as both a composer and a pianist, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...modes of click fraud – both can use botnets to generate the clicks. Clicking on targeted company ads on genuine sites to waste their advertising revenue. The perpetrator doesn’t collect any income. The criminal sets up many hundreds or thousands of websites, often just copying other website content. They sign up for advertising e.g. adsense with google. Then they...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Languages

How to learn a language

...et al., 1995). Well, learning vocabulary at the same rate as before, that would take over 7 years – although remember that learning 10 new words a day, day in, day out, is a tall order, but 7 years seems more manageable, and if you studied intensively, or were able to immerse yourself in the language, it might be achievable. Another way to estimate how many words a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...le – el ly – yl li – il ma – am mo – om mu – um me – em my – ym mi – im na – an no – on nu – un ne – en ny – yn ni – in Audio 58 Read and listen to the sounds in the table below and repeat. Table 9: Ukrainian consonants Ба – аб бо – об бу – уб бе – еб би – иб бі – іб ва – ав во – ов ву –...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...et al., 2007). Symbolic The words we speak or the gestures we make have no inherent meaning. Rather, they gain their significance from an agreed-upon meaning. When we use symbols to communicate, we assume that the other person shares our symbol system . . . these symbolic meanings are conveyed both verbally and nonverbally’ (Martin and Nakayama, 2010). Intentional and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...et it also testifies to the enduring popularity of those plays. Shakespeare had many gifted colleagues in the play-writing business, but only two – Webster and Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) – are graced with roles in this enormously popular mainstream movie about the late sixteenth-century theatre scene. This course will look at Webster’s most well-known play,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...mode, but this course requires you only to be familiar with the three you are about to cover...Session 3: Handling data: 6.1 Range - Figure 19 A mountain range of different sized peaks Much like this stunning mountain range is made up of a variety of different sized mountains, a set of numerical data will include a range of values from smallest to biggest. The range is...
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Free course 48 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...et al., 1977). Furthermore, the crime may take place in poor lighting and at some distance away. Research demonstrates that beyond a certain distance, and depending on the light, identification may be problematic. Researchers tested participants’ ability to recognise a target’s face at seven distances and nine illumination levels. Immediately after seeing the target...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs