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The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...Les très riches heures du duc de Berry, c. 1416-18 and c. 1485. Musée Condé, Chantilly, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Tr%C3%A8s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_septembre.jpg Caravaggio, Bacchus, c. 1595. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bacchus_by_Caravaggio#/media/File:Bacchus-Caravaggio_(1595).jpg Francisco Goya, The...
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Video 15 mins
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...Les empreintes digitales’ (1912) on the uniqueness of 16 ridge points on fingerprints to identify people. In 1999 the paper was found to have contained altered images and fingerprints are now considered as opinion evidence, not proof a person was there. This finding was recently reported by Miller (2013) in his law blog. August Vollmer (1876–1955) was the chief of...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...simple; […] Sure it’s simple, writing for kids. Just as simple as bringing them up’ (Le Guin, 1992, p. 49)’ Activity 2 Understanding the purposes of children’s literature (Part 1) Timing: Allow about 15 minutes for this section Now read the first excerpt of ‘Instruction and delight’ by Peter Hunt. Peter Hunt: Instruction and delight (2009) Part 1 – The Key Questions Many people come to children’s literature as a relief, as a......
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...Les Sables-d’Olonne in France, which sits at 46.49 degrees north. On the outward portion of the race the sailors made their way south across the Bay of Biscay, down the Atlantic Ocean and crossing the equator, before rounding the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa at 34.36 degrees south (Figure 4). On this outward Atlantic leg, once the sailors left the...
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Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...Le Verrier and Adams in the nineteenth century? b.What do the paper’s authors think can be learned from the history of particle physics? c.Do the authors think there is strong evidence that a paradigm shift to a new cosmological model is needed? Discussion a.It was observed that the orbit of Uranus appeared inconsistent with Newtonian gravity. Bessel postulated that a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio
Health, Sports & Psychology

Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio

...le yn y byd. Byddwch yn dysgu am bedwar maes nyrsio yn y DU, sut beth yw hyfforddiant nyrsys, yn ogystal â beth sy’n gwneud nyrsys gwych. Mae’r cwrs hwn yn cynnig cyflwyniad byr i’r proffesiwn nyrsio a gall eich helpu i benderfynu ai nyrsio yw’r yrfa iawn i chi...Mae’r cwrs yma am ddim, Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio, yn rhoi...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...Le Trio Joubran playing an ‘ūd, a short-necked lute (guitar-like instrument) whose strings are plucked Comparing Example 11 with Example 10 reveals that the ‘ūd player is using notes from Set 2, the group of notes containing B half flat. However, several of these notes are in a lower octave than in Example 10. You will need to count down several ledger lines to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...Le Tentation de Saint Antoine, which he read twice and declared to be ‘splendid’ (UK RED: 17758), Théophile Gautier’s Le Capitaine Fracasse - read in the evening in front of the dining room fire (UK RED: 17784) - and Alexandre Dumas’ Le Vicomte de Bragelonne (UK RED: 13546). He also read non-fictional French prose such as Michel de Montaigne’s Essais, which he...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr