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Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...write, I experience a sense of excitement. For me, as for you, this is the beginning of the unit. These are the first few sentences I'm writing and so, although I have a good idea of how the unit is going to turn out, the details are by no means clear. Nevertheless, the excitement and anticipation I, and maybe you, are experiencing now is an important ingredient in what...
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...human is an insect, since humans and insects are essentially different. But did Kafka not write a story about this? Could we appeal to fictional states of affairs to get round the difficulty? Or does this just cover up the difficulty?) However, Gaut's main point is clear: as he conceives it, imagining that p is thinking of p without commitment to its truth or falsity (without ‘alethic’ commitment, as he puts it in more ......
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...writing and interacting in a variety of situations...This free course, Intermediate German: The world of work, concentrates on developing cultural knowledge and practical language skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing and interacting in a variety of situations. The course will be of interest to anyone who wants to improve their language skills in order to...
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...writing during that reign) ended his imperial biographies with Domitian. Tacitus and Pliny the Younger were both dead before Hadrian came to power. Dio Cassius’ account of Hadrian’s reign does survive, but only in abridged form. We also have a biography of Hadrian, but it is not without problems. Activity 2 Read the following information on the Scriptores Historiae...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...Write a sentence or two to summarise in general terms the context in which quantum computers are considered to be an improvement on classical computers. Answer Your answer will not be the same but a possible answer is: Quantum computers may be able solve some problems more quickly than classical computers if problem solving algorithms which have exponential run-times on a...
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Education & Development

Take your teaching online

...write on the whiteboard, and they also have a kind of text chat, which they can use to communicate with me, and also with each other. I suppose you might call that a kind of back channel. It's available within the system. As well as using the classroom software to actually deliver the classes, there's also a VLE, which allows me to store useful resources for my students...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...write about my depression, that it must be very difficult to be out of that closet to have people know. They said 'Do people talk to you differently?' And I said 'Yes, people talk to me differently. They talk to me differently insofar as they start telling me about their experience, or their sister's experience, or their friend's experience.' Things are different because...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...writing of a novel, the invention of some new device, or the writing of software? These intangibles are known as intellectual property – property that has resulted from the work of the intellect. Most people in the West now agree that these have tangible value that needs to be protected and regulated. The argument is that if we did not do this, people would stop...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs