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Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Photo: © 1990, Scala, Florence. Used with permission of the department of Special Collections of the University of Glasgow Library. Whitney's text extracts a similar moral from the myth of Icarus as the opening Chorus of Doctor Faustus. In both cases, Icarus illustrates the dangers attendant on humans seeking ‘the thinges, to mortall men...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...adults, 10 kg for children and 5 kg for infants, p = fraction of the TDI allocated to drinking water, C = daily drinking water consumption (2 litres for adults, 1 litre for children, 0.75 litre for infants). Toxicological information is usually found within the Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for commercial chemicals on the websites of chemical suppliers such as Fisher...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...adults and children, the most fundamental realities of their lives: that to live well and escape poverty they will have to keep their families together at all costs and will have to work harder than the classes above them. In order to succeed the poor need most of all the spur of their poverty. (Gilder, 1981, p. 118) In this perspective, poverty is simultaneously natural...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...adult skill development. Find out more here cpdstandards.com/research. By participating in this high profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to others....Week 1: Threat landscape:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...de Sablé), and attempting solo challenges where isolation can play a significant role (Leach, 2016). MacIntyre et al. (2019, p. 3) argue that the interaction with nature that occurs in extreme sports ‘offers an opportunity to explore how stress, psychological resources, coping and psychological growth interact’. To explore this further, in the next activity you will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...adults who are not very close friends or relatives of yours) du you (when talking to a close friend, a relative or a child) ihr you (when talking to two or more close friends, relatives or children) er he sie they sie she es it Note that sie with a small ‘s’ means ‘she’ and also ‘they’. Sie with a capital ‘S’ means ‘you’. There are several ways of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...de Graaf, Nicolaas Witsen Project, Netherlands. Who or what do you think is depicted in this picture? Would you think that shamans were humans or some mythical creatures based on this image? Discussion The presence of animal claws, furry skin and reindeer horns all suggest that shamans were not really humans. This depiction of an Evenki shaman was not produced with the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...de Triomphe. [Described image] Figure 2 The unveiling of the cenotaph in Whitehall, 1920. In London, a cenotaph – which literally means ‘empty tomb’ – was also established in 1919. This was initially a temporary structure, but due to its popularity a permanent tomb was built and unveiled in 1920. Symbolically significant sites such as these, along with countless...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs