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Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...class-type existence, probably came to London university educated and was having a considerably easier time of things if you like. And so, I then could take this as this is only London this is happening, speculate about other, say, urban environments in Europe, and also connect this up with the general issues around globalisation and migration that are taking place. So,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...class home with some interest in cultural pursuits, but the quantity of furniture limits the space in which the actors can move and this is, I think, an important way of indicating the constraints upon Nora. This is her space (Torvald has his study offstage), and she is seen in it for almost the whole play, only being absent for the scene between Krogstad and Mrs Linde at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...De Montfort University. He is also a visiting Fellow at The Open University. Get started with Week 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Louise MacBrayne. It was first published in February 2019. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...variability which underlies it, has meant that the concept of autism has evolved from the original idea of a specific syndrome, to that of a spectrum. Note that the concept of a spectrum derives from the physics of white light which is made up of an array of colours ordered from low frequencies (red) to higher frequencies (violet) as can be seen in a rainbow. But...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...class expertise in oil exploration’, an employee in that organisation ‘earning a salary to pay my mortgage for my house’ and an outside observer of the organisation claiming the organisation is ‘focused on profit at the expense of the global environment and people’. Activity 4 Considering the perspectives of others Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Thinking back to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...class children, to benefit from public education. They’re incapable of learning to read and write, and why are we spending time on this. So there’s also built into it, a whole series of assumptions about social structure and capacity. It was driven by an economic imperative of the time. But running right through it was an intellectual model of the mind, which was...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...de criminastique (Treaty of Criminalistics), in the 1920s postulating that microscopic examination of clothing and other physical evidence could reveal information about the history of the wearer. He is best known for Locard’s Exchange Principle which can be summarised as ‘every contact leaves a trace’ Locard’s Exchange Principle states: ‘Wherever two surfaces...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...de te ne le gu ku hu wo yi You will then hear some consonants, or initials, combined with the final i. Listen and repeat. ji qi xi zi ci si zhi chi shi ri You will now hear six single vowels known as finals in Chinese. Repeat after each sound. a e i o u ü Now we will combine these vowels with some consonants known as initials in Chinese. Note how similar they sound to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs