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Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...write an email to my local council representative and correspond with the tax office. But the state is always more than each of these things – perhaps it is not so much a thing as a rather abstract idea which, in a sense, ‘sits behind’ all of these organisations. The state as such does not appear – it seems to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. This is...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...writes: ‘Over the last century, ... the centre of gravity in the Christian world has shifted inexorably away from Europe, southward, to Africa and Latin America, and eastward, toward Asia. Today, the largest Christian communities on the planet are to be found in those regions.’ (Jenkins, 2002, pp. 1–2). The Christian tradition – its beliefs and practices – have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...write here? One has to choose subjects.’ Shcho tut pyshut? literally means ‘What here they write?’ Pyshut means ‘they write’. Verb’s ending shows that this is 3rd person plural. As you can see, Viktoriia does not use pronoun vony (they) because it’s not important who precisely wrote the letter. Verb’s ending shows that this is 3rd person plural. As you can...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...writing, publishing papers or what? BP: Yeah, what you do as an academic. I published papers on all sorts to do with sports science, but also I have a special interest, perhaps from my own experience, in how people perceive potential disasters, how people respond to existential risks, and societies, how we deal with big environmental, potential problems, how do we deal...
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Audio 5 mins
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...writing a song or poem. However, too often questions, approaches and outcomes are tightly defined by teachers. Creativity in geography can be so much more: it is a process that may take place within a single lesson or over a sequence of lessons. As Scoffham concludes, students value subjects that: spark their curiosity and encourage them to explore. Geography is in a...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...writing this course in 2018, pretty much appears to consume Britain’s Labour Party. But is that still the case at the time of your reading this material? You may find it worthwhile to reflect on this.) For something that is of no apparent immediate concern for Britain, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict tends to generate unique intensity in debates. What we often have...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...write a short piece with no technical language for national news media produce posters or infographics for grabbing people’s attention at conferences, in hospitals or on the web. Each of these potential dissemination routes would require a slightly different message, different focus, different wording and different method of presentation. In this short course you’ll...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...writings as historical sources (for example, look at their dates of composition; you might need to do some background research to find out more about authors with whom you’re unfamiliar, but don’t spend more than half an hour on this), and note where the sources corroborate or contradict each other. Discussion Let’s take each of these sources in turn and try to...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs