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Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...Institute of Education, University of London, 1614T. The European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML), which is based in Graz, Austria, has produced a number of very good training and learning materials, including some to train pupil teachers to use the ELP: Using the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL). You can find more information on the EPOSTL...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...Institute of Medicine that called for sweeping healthcare reforms. The report had triggered a debate about the idea of ‘perfect care’, and Coffey wondered what that might mean for mental health. “I remember a nurse raising her hand and saying, ‘Well, perhaps if we were providing perfect depression care, none of our patients would commit suicide’,” Coffey has...
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Article 15 mins
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...institutions and their organisational embodiments, international organizations (IOs), but surprisingly little effort has gone into studying the dynamics of IO termination. Yet if we want to understand the conditions under which international organisations endure, we must also explain why they frequently fail to do so. The article formulates and tests a theory of ‘IO...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...Institution Press, pp. 41–50. Herman, B.L. (1992) The Stolen House, Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia...An introduction to material culture: Acknowledgements - This course was written by Peter Elmer and Rodney Harrison. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 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
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...institution that continued, usually passed on from father to son, for many centuries, at this stage one could say that Augustus’ official role was a bit of a fudge. We use the word ‘emperor’ now, but neither this word, nor the concept behind it, existed in the Roman period. (Our word ‘emperor’ comes from the Latin word ‘imperator’, meaning ‘military...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...Institute (BFI), and its predecessor the UK Film Council, have published a number of reports on the economic and cultural value of film. The 2015 report on economic impact found that film contributed £3.67 billion to the UK economy. Studies on cultural impact have shown how films, apart from being popular leisure activities, carry powerful personal and political messages...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...institutional world of Casterbridge, as Fanny's agonising trek to the union workhouse and Boldwood's walk to the prison. NARRATOR 2 Far from the Madding Crowd has its grim or despairing moments. Fanny's death is a good example. But in comparison to some of his later and more controversial novels, it is overall an optimistic and cheerful work. Hardy continued to write...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs