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The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

...class. In first class, a pass will set you back 745 rupees (around £7.45), however in second class, it's only 215 rupees. The price difference doesn’t indicate that much more comfort though – the only difference is that the first class seats are padded, but the second class aren't - not much comfort when there’s standing room only. Read more about The world's...
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An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...class] I was extremely nervous at the time when the exam results were about to be revealed. I sat on the stage, with my head in my hand, waiting for the moment of truth. Fifty of my students were sitting in front of me, plus their parents, grandparents, and teachers at Bohunt, the hall was full of people. Could I deliver the result to prove myself? Could I add merit to...
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Film and society
History & The Arts

Film and society

...class London Film Society. But other voices did enter the scene such as trade unions in the 30s, with the communist Federation of Workers Film Societies’ attempts to counter the official ideology of the National Government, or the Labour Party’s Masses Stage and Film Guild, shooting on 16mm and thus avoiding official censorship rules. Much of the amateur movement...
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A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s
OpenLearn Ireland

A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s

...class, to nurture and protect Irish industry. The Industrial Revolution was now in full flow in Britain, but except for those areas surrounding Belfast, Ireland experienced de-industrialisation as its native industries were unable to compete with cheaper British imports. Meanwhile, in America, as in Britain itself, workers were needed for manufacturing industries and for...
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Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...classes demonstrate an awareness of the inequalities of services – in terms of both quality of care and access to different services – open to different social groups and classes assess the significance of the roles of central and local governments, the private sector and voluntary associations in providing medical services understand the concept of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...Classes - In the hotel system, each room is different and may have a different occupant. However all rooms are the same in that each has a room name and a rate, for example, and each may have an occupant. If something did not have a room name and a rate, it would not count as a hotel room. Thus we generally talk about objects in terms of general classifications. Instead...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The Language of Comedy
Languages

The Language of Comedy

...Class with Charlie Higson How is social class used as a topic for comedy, and what part do social dialects play in the generation of humour? Innuendo with David McGilivray How comedians exploit the ambiguities of language in the production of innuendo and similar forms of language play. Cross Cultural Humour with Henning Wehn How comedians play with cultural stereotypes...
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Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...de Deletreo en Español] Fifth-grader Mariana Moya-Rubiano from Thomas Harrison Middle School, Harrisburg, Virginia, correctly spells her first word in the competition. 27 students competed %u2014 accents, tildes and all %u2014 in the bee this year. It is sixth grader Jybr Reynoso Hidrogos’ second time competing. He made the top five last year, but fell short of a...
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