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Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...writing on thin slabs of stone (known as stelai, or stele in the singular: see Figure 5) or short texts accompanying artistic representations on objects of all different shapes and sizes (Figure 3). [A photograph of part of a marble stele.] Figure 5 Side A of a marble stele from the Amphiareion concerning the melting down of votive objects, c. late third century BCE;...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...Write down something that will help you remember how to say the word when you see it written down. The first one has been done as an example. Bitte hören Sie und schreiben Sie. DEUTSCHLAND Rostock → Insel Rügen → Berlin → München → Augsburg → Frankfurt → Köln → Hamburg → ÖSTERREICH Wien → Salzburg → Innsbruck → SCHWEIZ Zürich → Bern → Genf...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...writing philosophy the overriding aim is clarity. Clarity is generally best achieved by writing in plain English. Technical or semi-technical terms should only be used when – as in this case – plain English provides no easy way around a potential confusion. Why is the question as to the nature of persons a question for philosophers not biologists? In ordinary...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...Write a summary of how your dinner plate is different in its content from other dinner plates around the world and comment on the usefulness of NHS recommendations in those parts of the world. (Answer in fewer than 200 words.) Discussion The National Geographic feature displays a wide diversity of dinner plates, each very different in their composition. These diets are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...Write down the names of 10–15 main stakeholders, in order of the strength of your connection. Part B To complete the next part of this activity we invite you to use the interactive whiteboard tool, provided below. The tool will save whatever you draw here on this site, so you can return to it during your study. If you would rather perform this activity on a large piece...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...write down and plan your goals. If this doesn’t resonate with you, there are other goal setting tools available, such as HARD (heartfelt, animated, required and difficult) and PACT (purposeful, actionable, continuous and trackable), which we don’t have time to cover in detail here, but that you can easily explore using your preferred online search engine. Here is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...writes James Nicholls, Director of Research and Policy Development at Alcohol Research UK. The story of wine in Britain is also the story of women drinkers. Pubs were traditionally not particularly welcoming to women. As the authors of The Pub and the People noted, women were excluded from certain rooms: “Vault and taproom are for men only, [taboo] to women, who drink...
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Article 10 mins
Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...writing this course is to put you in a stronger position when you read about the science of genetics and listen to informed debates about modern techniques of manipulating genes, by increasing your understanding of the concepts and issues involved. Many thousands of genes have been discovered, including many that have roles in disease. These genes are scattered throughout...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs