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Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...English.) Most gamelan music is performed without the aid of notation, yet involves the co-ordination of many parts, which interlock and overlap in a variety of ways. The obvious question is, therefore, how can the members of the group keep together and produce coherent music, without either playing from notation or memorising impossibly large amounts of
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...English and geography. She went on to study art and design at a university located in a city more than 100 miles away from her family home, and maintained only minimal contact with her adopted parents. She enjoyed the course and the student lifestyle, throwing herself into the social scene associated with the Art Department and its students. Mandy was in a relationship...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Language in context
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Language in context

...English”. Pero yo no creo que el español esté más unificado que el inglés, ni tampoco que el inglés corra más riesgo de fragmentarse. ...Advanced Spanish: Language in context: 3 En resumen - En este curso has podido apreciar las diversas formas que pueden adoptar los cambios que caracterizan a toda lengua viva. El español, como cualquier otra lengua viva, se...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...English and Welsh law): understand the nature of, and legal controls over, insider dealing and market abuse describe the nature of, and legal controls over, fraud and money laundering, including relevant policies, procedures and controls recognise the nature of, and legal controls over, bribery discuss potential criminal activity in the operation, management and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...everyday experience: it affects the ability of sweat to evaporate, for example, and the drying of clothes on the line. Averaged over time and around the globe, water vapour represents about 0.5% of the total atmospheric gas. This relatively high abundance makes water vapour the single most important natural greenhouse gas: it contributes about 60% of the surface warming...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...everyday living. Some may see it as threatening – taking control away from humans and placing it with the computers and machines. How do devices 'talk' to each other? What technologies and processes are involved? What kind of world does it create? These topics, and others, will be explored in this course. We then look at wired and wireless communication technologies,...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...everyday usage: God religion Don’t read any further until after you’ve written down your definitions. Activity 1b Now, find a dictionary. How does your dictionary define the words? Discussion You may be wondering why I said that you should write your own definitions for these words before looking them up in a dictionary. I had at least three reasons: To encourage you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 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

...everyday things to setting up life changing support for those in their care, learning disability nurses transform lives, and the UK needs a lot more of them. A lot more people willing to do an amazing job. A lot more people willing to take a different path. So do you value equality and human rights? Do you want to fight injustice? Can you look deeper than the surface? And...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs