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Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...Latin America, national governments, to give just a few of the most obvious examples: the ‘big players’. Their size, their bigness, is important: they dominate the worlds of development in ways that other agencies cannot match, and this invests their action with great significance. Note, though, that these agencies can also be seen as institutions in the ways I have...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...Latin or Greek roots and with a good dictionary (and maybe a web search), you may be able to unravel some of these words for yourself. For example, the Weddell seal which you will meet later in this course has the scientific name Leptonychotes weddelli. Scientific names are always printed in italics; if you write them by hand, you should underline the name. In this...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...Latin re-, meaning ‘back’ or ‘again’, and ligio, meaning ‘a tie’ or ‘a connection’. So if we go by its origins, the word ‘religion’ could apparently mean either (or both?) of two very different things. It could mean a tying back, a restraint, a bind that stops you doing things. It could also mean a reconnection, a way of getting back in touch –...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...Latin romance of the Trojan war was in turn a compilation from Dares Phrygius, Ovid, and Statius. Then Petrarch, Boccaccio, and the Provencal poets, are his benefactors: the Romaunt of the Rose is only judicious translation from William of Lorris and John of Meun: Troilus and Creseide, from Lollius of Urbino: The Cock and the Fox, from the _Lais_ of Marie: The House of...
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Article 15 mins
The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...Latin, which "R. N." has Englished in verse, and I am the more scrupulous to quote it, because, as I must own with my usual reluctant honesty, I quite missed seeing the Cotton Chapel. That here John Cotton's memory may survive Where for so long he labored when alive, In James' reign and Charles', ere it ceased— A grave, skilled, learned, earnest parish-priest; Till from...
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Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...Latin: cis, on this side; trans, across). Returning to the structural formula of arachidonic acid, introduced earlier, the implications soon become apparent. The double bonds control the shape of the molecule. There are four double bonds in the molecule, each of which can be cis or trans, so generating a pair of geometrical isomers. If all the different geometrical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...Latin oeco meaning household relations. ‘Eco’ is used scientifically in the study of ecology to understand the complex networks of evolution and interaction involving species and their habitats. It is also used holistically to refer to both human and non-human species and to embrace social, political and cultural perspectives, experiences and existences of human and...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...Latin phrase in her discussion. Write it down and what it means in English and ask yourself why it is significant. Record your thoughts as they may be useful when you complete the quiz at the end of this session. Discussion The article mentions the Children and Young Persons Act 1963, the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, the Children Act 1989 and the Crime and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs