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Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...de l’Egypte, initially in ten volumes accompanied by 900 engraved illustrations, between 1809 and 1828. These brought a comprehensive and accurate visual survey of Egyptian temples, tombs and their sculpted and painted decorations before the European public for the first time. A second key development was the Egyptian hieroglyphic script being deciphered by the French...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...class, and sexuality among others (this is called intersectionality), that may affect how we treat people...Week 1: Defining dyslexia: 2.1 Medical model of disability - From the medical point of view, the term ‘disability’ is defined as a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s ability to undertake normal daily activities. Before the 1960s, society’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...Class I) 35–40 obese (Class II) over 40 morbidly or severely obese (Class III) Activity 8 What is the BMI of a woman of 1.7 m who weighs 65 kg? Answer This value means that she would be in the healthy range for her body mass index. Both overweight and obesity classifications are associated with increased incidence of serious conditions such as high blood pressure...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...de Compostela is, and supposedly, according to legend, when his body was found it was surrounded by scallop shells, and this is therefore ever since been the symbol of the saint. So you will not just see the scallop as an individual symbol, but if you look at churches, if you look at hospices, if you look at other buildings connected with St James, they all have somewhere...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...des Sables, which is a six-day race covering 155 miles through the Moroccan Sahara Desert. Cycling – extreme endurance events are referred to as ‘ultra-distance cycling’ and this term is reserved for events longer than 100 miles (referred to as a century). These events can be on roads or trails. For example, the Transcontinental Race in Europe is a race of around...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...la porte) A Entrez ! Bonjour monsieur B Bonjour madame A Allez-y, asseyez-vous B Je vous remercie A Bonjour B Bonjour (On frappe à la porte) A Oui entrez ! B Bonjour, madame la Principale A Bonjour, monsieur le Principal adjoint It is unlikely that you’ll understand, or even hear, every word, but listen out for the use of vous and tu and how these words are pronounced....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...class sharing power was replaced by one man – the emperor Augustus – monopolising power and politics. In Block 3 you study the history of Republican Rome. How the republic was organised politically; how political rivalry turned into civil war; and also how culture and the arts flourished alongside the civil discord. Cities were built across Italy, spreading Roman ways...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...classes of words. The key classes are nouns and verbs. Nouns typically denote objects. Book, chair, man, cloud and water are all nouns. Verbs typically denote actions or processes. Go, come, ask, eat, harass are all verbs. Verbs have a subject, the person or thing doing the action, and they may have an object, the person or thing to which the action is done. A verb with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs