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Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...family men who have arrived in France must be transformed into a collective fighting machine, and he must achieve this end through oratory. In the first scene of the play the Archbishop of Canterbury has extolled the King's rhetorical skill; here we have a chance to witness it for ourselves. Activity 6 Using the annotations in our example to help you, pick out some of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...family. In any case, these words are far more likely to be spoken, when intonation would take the place of punctuation in helping to make sure that listeners do not misinterpret. We can use this example to illustrate that not all grammatical changes affect meaning. For example, if we left out the apostrophe in Let’s, which indicates that the u in us has been left out,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...family members and see if others use the same method. Remember, even if some of the other opinions may seem odd to you, there is no right answer, it’s just what works for you...Week 1: Why does science need numbers?: 1.3 We’re all scientists now - [This is an illustration with the following text: ‘The world 150 years ago. 1,500,000,000 people in the world....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...family resemblance’ to one another, overlapping in places, but as also drawing out and making visible distinctive ‘aspects’ of urban life...Changing cities: 3.3 Three types of questions about agency - [Described image] Figure 5 Urban processes present multiple challenges for analysis Thinking about ‘theory’ as comprising distinctive problematisations of urban...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...family that they were expecting another child, in case a termination became necessary. Shifneez believed that she had made the best decision she could, given the limited data, but she remained worried about the consequences. Even regular ultrasounds failed to allay all her fears. What if the baby had a defect or abnormality that the scans could not detect? “I kept...
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Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...family, and social life place on you. You can usually successfully work around busy periods, as long as you plan them into your revision schedule. Activity 6 Timing: Allow approximately 20 minutes. Figure 3 shows an example week of a study calendar. Using the headings in bold, make out your own study calendar to begin planning the lead up to your exam. You will need your...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...family and friends, and anyone more generally interested in mental health and mental health treatment. The course starts by exploring formal definitions of panic and panic attack. These are then contrasted with personal accounts of the experience of panic. It also presents some of the key understandings of why panic attacks happen, and provides an overview of the main...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...family birthdays, Christmas lunch – we even got to drink legitimately: usually half a glass of Asti Spumanti (sparkling wine; around 7.5%), served in the best glasses. In my mid-teens I started to drink drink. It was easy enough to get our hands on booze, even though it’s illegal in the UK to sell alcohol to anyone younger than 18. The bigger chain pubs checked IDs,...
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