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The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...careful imitation of revered masterpieces of the past. This practice was not an eighteenth-century invention, but firsthand studies of the landscape assumed greater importance in relation to studio work as the century progressed. Seeing and thinking for yourself and drawing on the evidence of the five senses were central to the Enlightenment mindset. Specialisation of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...adult British population (age 19–65 years) MALE FEMALE Body dimension Mean/mm SD*/mm Mean/mm SD*/mm Stature 1740 70 1610 62 Eye height 1630 69 1505 61 Shoulder height 1425 66 1310 58 Elbow height 1090 52 1005 46 Sitting height 910 36 850 35 Sitting eye height 790 35 740 33 Sitting shoulder height 595 32 555 31 Sitting elbow height 245 31 235 29 Thigh thickness 160 15...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Rounding and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Rounding and estimation

...careful about the level of accuracy of an estimate. Example 5 Dave and Sally are planning to travel from Newcastle to London, then to Gloucester, then to Liverpool and finally home to Newcastle. Newcastle to London 282 London to Gloucester 104 Gloucester to Liverpool 146 Liverpool to Newcastle 170 (a) Make a rough estimate of the total distance travelled. (b) Petrol is...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...care, remains considerably under-researched or ‘hidden’. While we may seek to take some comfort from assumptions that discussions of poverty and inequality should start from questions of social justice, this contrasts with long-standing ideas that the poor are a ‘problem’, at times a ‘dangerous’ population. Such populations are also often associated with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...Health mandated reporting standards for use in emergency departments that measured the care and the time patients spent in the emergency department with timestamps and reporting requirements throughout the patient's journey? So the question I answered for my project or, rather, the project focus was literally looking at the threats coming from the external environment. And in the case of my project, it was a ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...careful analysis of the core concepts, and ‘unpack’ or evaluate the arguments and claims made. Others go further, offering not only new ways of thinking about the core problems, but practical suggestions for policy-makers. For example, democratic ways of deciding on claims for secession. One reason this can be hard to think about all at once is that real world events,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...cared for when he or she is wounded. Narrator: If humanitarian law is to be respected, then every state must incorporate its content into its own law and military doctrine. Elizabeth Cubias: We started working in 1997 promoting knowledge of international humanitarian law and striving to ensure its implementation we want to prevent the errors and horrors committed in...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change

...care about this particular measure, so carbon leakage should be tackled. And then I think actually you will find that business is quite OK with it, they may not like that carbon leakage probably comes with regulation and taxation and everything else, but ultimately Roger, no matter how you put it, all the costs, all the extra burden, if you like, that you put on carbon in...
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