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Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...simple way incorporated into the Western canon. The point is more complex than that and has more profound consequences. Due to a mixture of forces partly intellectual, partly political, adding up to the constellation inadequately labelled ‘globalisation’, the Western canon itself has, so to speak, been ‘hybridised’. In what is surely one of the few unqualified...
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...simple examples. What happens if we look at the total GDP (in PPP $) over the last thirty years on a scatterplot? We'll use China as an example. First, using a linear scale. From about the year 2000, the vertical space between consecutive yearly values seems to be increasing year on year. But what does that mean in terms of the percentage increase year on year? If you...
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...simple’ explanations and ‘disrupt’ commonplace assumptions. You may find that this shifts and develops your understanding of ‘equality’ and the aspects associated with it. The various approaches to ‘equality’ are based on different notions of what is valued and whether individual agency or society structures are seen as the primary force in determining life...
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...simple things you can do and lots of resources to help you. Some of these are listed on the next page. Good quality RE is not about absolute agreement or consensus, but it is about valuing dialogue and mutual respect and preparing our children to be better able to face future challenges in our diverse and interconnected world...An education in Religion and Worldviews: 4.2...
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...simple phrase ‘light, not heat’. Use technology to simulate reality In other words, use information technology to bring people together in the virtual realm. In the teams surveyed by Majchrzak et al., many teams found email and video conferencing to be poor ways to communicate and collaborate. Instead, most teams used conference calls and shared websites. It is...
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...simple anions such as phosphate, PO43-. Then you will explore the chemistry of polyphosphates such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP) that was mentioned in Section 2.1.1...What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?: 3.1 Phosphates in the environment - Most detergents or surfactants, comprise long molecules with hydrophobic (water-repelling) and hydrophilic...
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...simple ‘yes' or ‘no’ answer and some brief explanation for question 3. For question 2 you could record your immediate feelings about the works represented, using one word answers (for example ‘happy’ or ‘confused’) rather than complete sentences. Plate 10 Damien Hirst, Mother and Child Divided, 1993, steel, GRP composites, glass, silicone sealants, cow,...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...Code and introduced it across much of Europe, inspired by the Enlightenment idea of laws and principles of universal application. Beneath all of these spheres of enquiry covered in the course, there lay a terrific confidence in all-embracing explanations. This desire to extend and increase knowledge was evident in concerns of a less overtly practical nature. Edmund Burke...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs