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Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...simple definition allows for, inherent to the ability of these mechanisms to function is a consideration of property devised in equity...Equity – law and idea: 4.3 Is it still possible to reconcile law and idea? - In the years following the 2008 financial crash, one thing seems clear: the division between the two types of equity discussed throughout this course...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...simple spray diagram, or mind map. These concepts do not represent alternative – let alone conflicting – views of ‘institutions’ and ‘institutional development’. Rather, all identify dimensions that you need to keep in mind as you develop your understanding of each of these two terms. I do, though, want to emphasise that it is essential not only to recognise...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...simple family men who have arrived in France must be transformed into a collective fighting machine, and he must achieve this end through oratory. In the first scene of the play the Archbishop of Canterbury has extolled the King's rhetorical skill; here we have a chance to witness it for ourselves. Activity 6 Using the annotations in our example to help you, pick out some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...simple jacket is an amalgam of different parts manufactured all over the world. It has a lining made from polyester and viscose - two different synthetic materials which are likely to have been manufactured at different sites. It has plastic buttons and is held together by cotton threads. The cloth has been dyed an attractive olive colour - the dye will have been...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...simple problems wrong if numbers are involved. We were mixed-ability taught in all subjects in the first year, but after that we were rigidly grouped according to ability and, as expected, I ended up in one of the lower maths groups, where I remained for the rest of my time at secondary school. Any chance of improving my mathematical skills were also limited by the school...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...simple choice between adopting one of two alternative positions and that the debate about which paradigms should underpin research remain...Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth: 3.6 So, is there a resolution to the paradigm wars? - Despite the paradigm wars, as Gage (2007) predicted, no one paradigm has ‘won’ and the influence of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...simple-seeming expression of an extraordinarily complex combination of thought and emotion. The ‘dogs and wolves’ are the speaker's ‘unwritten poems’. Why ‘unwritten’? One infers that other matters take priority over love poems. But – ‘unwritten’ – their latent presence assumes nightmarish form, as if the frustration of being unwritten makes them...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...simple as a brick wall. It might be something that’s more sympathetic to maybe a historic environment. So concrete, but faced with local stone, sandstone or something like that. It might be a natural flood measure. So you might go kind of further up the river and speak to farmers and landowners, and see what they can do about their land management to make sure that you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs