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Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...et error. [Described image] Figure 9 Photograph of a statue of Ovid that still stands today in Constanta, Romania (the location of the town that was called ‘Tomis’ in Ovid’s time). The statue was put up in 1887 and is the work of an Italian sculptor, Ettore Ferrari. The same sculptor also made a copy of this statue which was installed in Ovid’s hometown Sulmo in...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...style dress, caught my eye among the cookery and gardening books, and I picked it up, idly flicking through the pages. Like many a reader before and since, in that moment I was caught in a golden snare from which there was no escaping. I read that book, cover to cover, in twenty-four hours. Lost in Austen’s fictional world, I hardly knew where I really was. Hartfield...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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Languages

How to learn a language

...Profile, which is available before completion of the course and earning of the Statement of Participation....Introduction and guidance: Introduction and guidance - This free course, How to learn a language, is for anyone thinking of learning a language. Whether it is the first time you are venturing into language learning, or if you have already started, this course will...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...style and how often you have applied each. In your practice, which style of influencing do you believe is and has been most effective?...Week 4: Problem solving and decision making: 4.4 Negotiating - While many police officers are trained in negotiation techniques for difficult and often extreme situations of stress and danger, it is worth remembering that each of us...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...et al., 2007). Can you suggest why MRI is potentially less harmful to patients than CT? Unlike X‑ray-based diagnostics such as CT, MRI does not expose patients to potentially harmful ionising radiation. A typical MRI scanner is shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 A clinical MRI instrument...Metals in medicine: 3.1 MRI in practice - It’s important to appreciate from the start...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...profile, carrying round shields and pointing spears at one another. Both wear crested helmets. At their feet lies the naked body of a fallen warrior. Other warriors carrying spears and wearing helmets stand behind the two central figures. The pot also has a decorative floral pattern at the rim, and images of lions around the base.] Figure 1 Attic black figure calyx krater...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...style associated with the work of August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen in dramatic art, and rooted in the naturalistic novels of Emile Zola. * Oratory the art of public speaking. * Performance the interpretation and presentation of a dramatic text on stage by actors. Like many of the terms associated with drama, this is a term with a range of meanings. * Peripeteia a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...style education and then the nurse will specialise after qualification. In some countries, the role of the midwife is also included in the role of the nurse and there is not a separate qualification for midwives, however in the UK, midwifery is a separate qualification with a separate educational programme. The role of the nurse and their education will also reflect how...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs