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Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...attention. We’ve also created work and wellbeing check-ups. They’ll help you look at your general health and fitness, and your career, and make sure they’re on track too. You can study these three parts of the course in whatever order suits you. And we’ve called the whole course an MOT because, like an MOT, it’s designed to be a regular check-up. One of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...attention of the local authority and we get them aware of these cases. Lots of people are aware now that the local authorities might have to share information with the Home Office, so that stops people from approaching local authorities. So, they tend to go to third sector, so charity organisation like ourselves where they can trust, and then we can actually advocate on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...attention given to the function of a product compared to its form will depend very much on the nature of the product and its market. Every product has some functional requirements. We are perhaps most concerned that the brakes on our cars do not fail, our clothing does not fall apart or our cups do not leak. Even a work of art, say a painting, has a series of important...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...attention to the government’s flood management and there may be increased scrutiny and calls for better flood defences in the wake of a flooding episode. Insurance companies. They provide homeowners and businesses with cover against the financial consequences of flooding. If insurer have correctly assessed risk and have the funds to pay out claims for flood damage, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...attention to. Introducing the philosophy of religion Discussion Here are some of the questions about religion and God that you might have found yourself writing down. (Don’t worry if you didn’t come up with just these questions – there isn’t a single right list here.) A.Does religion only cause trouble in the world? B.Does God exist? C.Could the world exist if God...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...attention of worshippers from the sermon (Figure 5). [Described image] Figure 4 Francesco Mazzucchelli, Our Lady of Rosary, 1617, altarpiece; Giovan Battista Magistris, Adoration of Magi, 1675, altar antependium; Giovanni Cristoforo Storer, Stories of Mary and Jesus, 1646, frescoes. Certosa di Pavia monastery, Lombardy, Italy. Photo: Getty. [Described image] Figure 5...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...attention to (1)–(3) on pp. 185–6, which state his overall theory. (1) and (2) are a summary of his theory of the meaning of individual utterances. (Be warned: Grice is not kind to his readers here. For example, his theory of the meaning of utterances is given twice over. He gives a definition of what it is for a speaker (‘A’) to mean something by producing an...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...attention; but for adults, its gothic overtones and poignant love story are truly evocative. Yet the publication of Jane Eyre was marked by controversy; not all readers foresaw that the novel would become one of the great classics of the nineteenth century. [The first edition title page of Jane Eyre] Figure 10 The first edition title page of Jane Eyre Although the first...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr