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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...English skills believes that whatever they write will never be as good as the material in their course book or from other sources. They decide it is better to copy it out than try to write an answer in their own words. This is plagiarism. A student gets a friend or family member to answer an assignment question for them because they have expertise in this area and so will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...English Dictionary defines art as: 'The creation of works of beauty or other special significance' and, 'Human creativity as distinguished from nature'. (Collins, 2000) How far does this reflect your own views? If you want to amend your own definition in the light of this, do so now. At the end of this free course you'll revisit the question ‘What is art?’ to see if...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...everyday lives. How can governments create practical policies to implement them?The International Energy Agency is an intergovernmental organisation which regularly produces detailed economic analysis of world energy use. In 2023, they produced a scenario for the changes that would be needed to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions from energy to net zero by 2050. Their...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...everyday infections and minor injuries are no longer potentially life-threatening. [Described image] Figure 3 Effect of antibiotics on death rates in England and Wales between 1931 and 1957 from (a) childbirth-related infection (puerperal fever) and (b) all infectious diseases. Data from Barber (1960). (The arrows indicate when specific antibiotics were introduced.)...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...English sense of humour); local communities very important to them, like to celebrate and keep local customs alive. Interrelationship between landscape and the East Frisian character: very distinct group of people with their own way of life, result of barren landscape; large meadows, open landscape, causing solitary/isolated existence with little communication and some...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...English Dictionary records examples of usage dating from the early eighteenth century. Figure 24 shows a simplified diagram of a typical system. It indicates the boundary of the system, which divides those elements that are considered to be within the boundary, and therefore part of the system, from those elements in the environment of the system. I will discuss each of...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...English, and pirated software has met local needs, the exception has been software for working in local languages – which use a variety of non-Roman scripts. Since the 1980s and the arrival of desktop computers, various individuals have created fonts to facilitate desktop publishing in local languages. Producing such fonts may take months or even years of effort – but...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...English Dictionary defines investment as ‘the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage’. The investment decision and consequent expenditure is a very important aspect of a business’ functioning. Given that these types of expenses are usually massive, the total amount is ‘capitalised’, which means that the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs