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History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...money: ‘Surely no book was ever read and re-read and talked over as that first new volume, although we went on to buy many more’ (UK RED: 916). They also shared their magazines with each other, and indeed the whole the family read Cassell’s Family Magazine: ‘I think every word of it found some reader in the family’, Molly recalled (UK RED: 918). [Cassell’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...money used to re-build St Peter’s would become a core point of contention in the Protestant critique of the popes. These circumstances make the artist’s naiveté in touting his own sense of self-importance in this letter particularly striking. The voice heard in the second letter could hardly be more different from that of the first. Here we find a highly...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...money – nearly $21,000 – and produced an image of contemporary cutting-edge industrial production that not only pleased its corporate sponsors but also the multi-ethnic workforce that operated the machinery, at least those who had not been forced out of their jobs and deported back to Mexico (Lee, 2005, pp. 211–12). There is, indeed, an image of an overseer in both...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...money. While ploughing, Emmanuel James strikes a hard object, which turns out to be a valuable hoard of hundreds of silver Roman coins. The statute (the Treasure Act 1996Footnote 2) says that treasure includes coins which are at least 300 years old that are at least 10% precious metal and that treasure found within land that is part of the Duchy of Cornwall belongs to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...money) and social relationships. There is an implicit recognition here of the part played by social disadvantages such as poverty in many people's experience of poor mental and physical health. [Three friends laughing outside] Writing in support of using the notion of wellbeing in public policy, Hetan Shah has argued that ‘an incredible amount is spent on our...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...money in compensation for certain forms of damage. The Court may also require the state concerned to refund the expenses an applicant has incurred in presenting their case. If the Court finds that there has been no violation, an applicant will not have to pay any additional costs (such as those incurred by the respondent state). Notes: The Court is not empowered to...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...money, food or charity], deserted accepted societal norms and did not conform to contemporary labour practices (they were workshy)” (Yates, 2021, p. 303). For example, there was a tendency to consider women who were wandering (for example, unemployed or with no fixed abode) to be prostitutes or abandoned wives. In any case, women choosing to leave their family sphere...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...money, even though they almost certainly did not understand it!...Week 1: Chance and chaos: 1.3 Problem of points - You are now going to look at the ‘problem of points’, which was mentioned earlier. Specifically, the problem involves a game of chance with two players. Both players, each of whom have an equal chance of winning, have put up the same stake, and the first...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs