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Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...alphabet: the Greek κ can be rendered as 'k’ or ‘c’, αι as ‘ai’ or ‘ae’, ος as ‘os’ or ‘us’. This course generally uses the Latinised spellings of the more familiar names – Herodotus (not Herodotos) and Achilles (not Akhilleus), as well as Croesus (Kroisos) and Candaules (Kandaules)...Herodotus and the invention of history: 1.3 The first...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...alphabet or multiplication table, cannot write grammatically…' We've heard this sort of thing, before, not just in 1956 but in 1917. Connecticut schoolteacher, 1917. This is the time when we all assume that everything somehow in terms of writing was perfect because the people on Downton Abbey are articulate, or something like that. So, 'From every college in the country...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...alphabet. The rules that relate input to output are constant over time. The question of what I can know about the outside world is an ancient one and has always been central in philosophy under the theme of epistemology. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with knowledge and knowing: how do I know about the outside world? how do I know my senses are not...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...alphabetical order of authors' surnames in the reference list. Another very important reason for getting an overview of a document is that it helps you to avoid taking a passive approach when you read the document in full. A passive reading approach is one where the reader puts in very little effort. The outcome of this sort of reading tends (at best) to be a string of...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...Francais a Londres/Unsplash. HM Courts & Tribunals Service: © Daniel Parker/Dreamstime. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary logo: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Screenshot of legislation webpage: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/; reproduced under the terms of the Open Government Licence, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence. Screenshot of Asylum...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...alphabetical order. Select 'Galena' from the menu. A very useful feature of the Digital Kit is a 'Random' button (adjacent to the catalogue), which can be used for self-test and revision purposes. When clicked, a random mineral, rock or fossil is presented, depending on which of these three categories is already selected. There are two stages of working in random mode:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...alphabetical order of country, but by clicking on the headers you can make it display in order of Diversity Index (RDI), or in the order of percentages of a particular religion. Explore the table and note down your thoughts as to why the European countries listed above scored highly on this measure of diversity? Can you think of ways in which their various pasts have...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...alphabetical order or by genre. When organising larger collections, particularly non-fiction, librarians often use more sophisticated classification systems, the most common being the Dewey Decimal System. This Dewey Decimal system is used in schools, universities and public libraries worldwide and categorises subjects into ten broad groups shown in Box 1. The Dewey...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs