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The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...system he created and thus by association the living emperor. In this course you will explore the public image of some of Augustus’ successors. Integral to this public image was the way in which the emperor treated and was seen to treat his subjects. Here you will focus on one key group – the provincials – but other key groups of subjects included the senatorial...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...system seems grounded in conflict. Opposing parties ‘attack’ each other’s positions, a shadow cabinet tracks the every move of government – keeping it in check and arguing vehemently for issues to be seen from an alternative perspective. In such systems, two (or more) teams are involved in the opposition – though we often hear that the same sort of conflict...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...system (brain and spinal cord). Sometimes, the aspirin-like and codeine/morphine-like drugs are combined into one remedy, for example co-codamol and co-proxamol. Local anaesthetics. For the time being, we will concentrate on aspirin, to illustrate the development of drugs and how they are able to achieve their effects...Pain and aspirin: 3 The aspirin story - As long ago...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...system boundary of the project, although it may be appropriate to represent them inside the boundary, depending on structures within a particular organisation. The project sponsor is part of the project board or project steering committee. Following the definition of roles within ISO 21500: The project sponsor authorises the project, makes executive decisions, and solves...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...system, which consists primarily of shares in technology companies. But the object of the CAPM is to represent the market as a whole and not the top 100 shares only. So, for our purposes, a more appropriate UK index would be the FTSE All Share Index, which in 2009 included 619 shares, weighted by market value, and these shares represented in value terms around 98 per cent...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...system to collect news of interesting and relevant contemporary developments in science? Could each ‘story’ be linked to a scheme of work? What other opportunities exist for promoting the global dimension in science, for example, through display or student projects? As well as using resources like those in Section 3 ‘In the classroom’, you could try: telling...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...system was code-named ‘Ultra’, and was one of the best-kept secrets of the Second World War. From a historian’s point of view, the exposure of Ultra has been a lesson in how cautious we must be in analysing historical evidence and drawing conclusions about what happened. A good example of this point concerns the hunt for the German battleship, the Bismarck, in the...
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Article 5 mins
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...system. In March 2021, almost 22% of employment in Scotland, around 560,000 workers, were employed directly in the public sector. This varies markedly across different parts of Scotland. Not surprisingly, the key sectors of the economy that are the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament – the ‘big’ social policy services such as health, social care, social work...
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Article 10 mins