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Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...motivation and inner feelings, but here he is explaining how he intends to further his plot against Othello. In this period, soliloquies are frequently given to the villain of the play, the manipulators of the plot. Their soliloquies, therefore, are a means by which the audience's knowledge can be kept ahead of that of the characters who are being duped or manipulated....
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...motivated to sell as much as they can as long as that increases their profits. Therefore, they will carry on selling more up to the point at which the revenue they get from selling one more unit – called marginal revenue– equals the additional cost of producing that unit – called marginal cost. Buyers are assumed to be ‘utility-maximisers’ – in other words...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...motivations to be religious arose from fear or brainwashing. Or we could take a sample of 1000 good people, and headcount how many of them go to church/mosque/synagogue/temple/gurdwara/etc. If we answer (E) or (H) by these statistical means, then we are not treating them as philosophical questions. Alternatively, we might try to answer (E) or (H) by closely examining the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...et al., 2011). They didn’t like the word ‘complete’ – who is ever completely healthy? Furthermore, just because test results show some abnormality, this doesn’t mean it will ever make you ill. They questioned how health is measured: what is important, how many years you live, or how fully you can take part in society until you die? Their suggested definition of...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...et al. (1996) ‘Continental break up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic’, Earth Science Reviews, 40, Elsevier; Figure 3d T.C. Pharaoh (1999) ‘Palaeozoic terranes and their lithospheric boundaries within the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ)’, Tectonophysics, 314, Elsevier; Figure 3e J. Golonka and D. Ford (2000) ‘Pangean (Late
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...et al. (2001) the longer-range dispersion allowed the formation of secondary pollutants such as sulfate and nitrate aerosols and ozone to be covered. The number of receptors affected by the pollutants depends on the height of the discharge and the number of people in the area. This was taken into account by considering three discharge heights (50 m, 90 m and 100 m) and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...et al., 1997, p.170). What is represented by a monthly departmental meeting? What does it signify? Beyond sharing information, it is an opportunity for departmental members to catch up and share stories. It is a formal, yet important regular event that represents shared understandings of what it means to work together. Identity Department members’ identity practices at...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...motivate Delacroix, in the remainder of his career, to be better understood...Delacroix: 2.4 Controversial colour and composition – exercise - In order to understand the furore created by Sardanapalus it will be helpful to compare the work with others more acceptable to the domain of public art. With this in mind, you are asked here to work on two short exercises...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs