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Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...data gathered can tell us a lot about what happened, but little about why. We are still left with the problem of interpreting the sequence. Try this for yourself. For example, why might the seal have moved away from the fish at point A? Answer Here is one interpretation (and it is difficult, if not impossible, to prove). It’s possible that the initial descents and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...data and information needed by organisational senior management. In undertaking this, and other support roles, the PMO brings together projects within the organisation that may not be related to each other in any way except being supported or administered by the PMO. It is therefore essential that the PMO functions and structures are defined by the needs of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...data protection, the constitution, defence and foreign policy, and social security. However, since the Scotland Act 1998, a number of additional powers have been devolved to the Scottish Parliament. These include the power to legislate for a Scottish rate of income tax (introduced under the Scotland Act 2012), while the Scotland Act 2016 provides that the Scottish...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...analysis; to examine the relationship between art and politics; and to introduce you to some of the complex issues involved in interpreting works of art...In this free course, Napoleonic paintings, we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...analysis; thinking about significances in the music, and what makes it work. In translating what you hear into discussion (spoken or written), it’s useful to combine different approaches to express what you are hearing and why it is significant. You might: describe what you hear use technical terms acknowledge similarities, contrasts and changes that occur in the music...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...analysis, see Lymberopoulou, 2011, p. 189-194. In brief, the inscriptions on the icon and the relevant Gospel narratives are as follows: First level: The Noli Me Tangere (‘Touch Me Not’) is depicted. The scene is based on Saint John’s Gospel 20:17 ‘ΜΑΡΙΑ ΜΗ ΜΟΥ ΑΠΤΟΥ’ (‘Touch Me Not’). Christ addresses Mary Magdalene, who is depicted kneeling...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...data independently and use different definitions of the population, which makes it difficult to compare figures. Some recent figures for England are given in Table 1. Table 1 Learning disability statistics in England ENGLAND (2015 FIGURES) No. of people with a learning disability 1,087,100 People supported long term by social services 124,000 (11% of the estimated adult...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...analysis has been universally recognized. In the 1990s the Narmada scheme caused the World Bank to rethink its policy on financing big dams, and also triggered the formation of the World Commission on Dams in 1998 which published the influential Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making, in 2000. There is the question of sustainable development (summarized...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs