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The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...simple and can be used as a reply to the cost-effectiveness and humanitarian arguments. It goes as follows. In the long term, the project of restoring Notre-Dame will pay for itself. Through various economic factors, rebuilding Notre-Dame will bring in more income for France than it would cost to carry out. Therefore, it cannot fail to be a cost-effective way of spending...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...simple rehearsal strategies like Re-reading your notes or just rewriting your notes, even though they're very commonly used strategies they tended not be very effective; because re-reading your notes or rewriting your notes doesn't necessarily help you understand the material. In order to retain information right, we have to organize it in a way that's meaningful right we...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
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
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...simple. The variability in the characteristics listed in Table 1 coupled with the interaction of these characteristics with other disturbances as well as climate, make fire regimes one of the most complex processes governing landscape dynamics and controlling biodiversity. Although there are several characteristics that define a fire regime, they are most often described...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...simple. It is the attempt to transform processes and products to improve their worth and benefit to organisational stakeholders. However, within this comparatively straightforward definition, there is much variation in practice. Concretely achieving this shared goal requires an understanding of the various parts of the organisation, as well as being open to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...simple, and mostly mimic natural processes. Not all treatment works use all the treatment stages — some plants provide only preliminary and primary treatment, and tertiary treatment is relatively rare. The processes are summarised in Figure 18 and amplified below: Preliminary treatment: This is the mechanical removal of coarse and fine solid material. The sewage passes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...simple group rules. Some of those might be about conforming to institutional requirements, about things ike copyright collusion etc. and obviously those should always be part of your group policies. Some will be about following your institution’s social media policy, and obviously there’s general things about just being decent human beings to each other. But don’t...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 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