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Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...phrase means: if you do something on a wing and a prayer, you do it hoping that you will succeed although you are not prepared enough for it You may want to reflect on how this definition, and notions from the discussion between Alia, Sara, Umut and Olga transpire in the film itself: ‘Alia Syed on her video installation On A Wing and A Prayer’ Transcript Reflection by...
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Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires

...de las imágenes mientras se hace un visionado parcial y sin sonido Predecir vocabulario (‘lluvia de palabras’) Mirar y escuchar con un objetivo general en mente; captar ideas globales Mirar el reportaje con detenimiento prestando especial atención al vocabulario Distinguir la información implícita de la explícita...Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires: 1 Mirar...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...de la mano de artistas y artesanos españoles y latinoamericanos. Además de explorar la diferencia entre arte y artesanía, conocerá la artesanía canaria y el contexto histórico en el que ha evolucionado. In order to get the maximum benefit from this course you should obtain copies of the following: KATTÁN-IBARRA, J. AND POUNTAIN, C. J. (2003, 2nd revised edn) Modern...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...types of source they are, what they look like and where they can be found...Week 1: Reading skills for university study: 1.1 What do you read? - Reading is an activity many of us are familiar with both at home and at work. Reading is fundamental to modern life and this means that we are surrounded by texts; that is, pieces of writing such as magazines, text messages and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...phrase ‘mad as a hatter’ was coined because mercury used in the hat industry caused mental illness. In 1775 Pott reported that chimney sweeps suffered a high incidence of scrotal cancer; in the 1900s coal miners were found to suffer from lung disorders; and, by the 1930s asbestos was known to cause asbestosis, a form of lung cancer. In 1976 in Italy, at a place called...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...de-globalising project. ...[Scrabble words spelling out the word 'Brexit'] Image credit: Speedpropertybuyers The Irish are great storytellers, illuminated through the centuries by Beckett, Yeats, O’Brien, Shaw, Wilde, Binchy, Enright and Joyce to name a few. The great English lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, said that narrative is the superior form of knowledge, whilst...
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Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...type of landscape painting. Figure 26 Adriaen van de Venne, Summer Landscape, 1614, oil on panel, 42 × 68 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Photo: bpk/ Gemäldegalerie, SMB/Jörg P. Anders. Figure 27 Adriaen van de Venne, Winter Landscape, 1614, oil on panel, 42 × 68 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Photo: bpk/ Gemäldegalerie, SMB/Jörg P. Anders. Figure 28 Jacob van Ruisdael,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Large language models - the chatty computer
Digital & Computing

Large language models - the chatty computer

...types of queries, to structure its answers, to correct it when it was wrong and – crucially – to be safe. Huge efforts were made to teach ChatGPT what were acceptable answers and what not to say. Rather than answer some questions or to be asked to make a moral or ethical decision, the human trainers changed ChatGPT’s behaviour to avoid some issues entirely or to...
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