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The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...careful of when you actually deal with this, because there's no point in going out there and then spending lots of money on a writer, and then going off to a financier and finding out that actually, you haven't quite got the deal that you thought you had with the underlying author. Whether you're working with an underlying play or a book or another film or a television...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...care for patients. Still, in the course of all these conversations, they have developed a set of stories and cases that have become a shared repertoire for their practice. Summarised from Wenger (2009) Every community of practice must have all three elements: a domain, a community and a practice. But they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from small to very large,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...careful reading of the painting. This section on colour was quite demanding in that it contained a number of new technical terms. I hope that you've enjoyed finding out a little more about some of the art works that you've already encountered while learning about new terms. Next, you'll consolidate your work on the use of colour by comparing the relationship between...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...them, and this might have been one of the first things you spotted when taking a careful look at the photograph. These lines define sedimentary layers or strata, so we are dealing with sedimentary rocks. In the rocks forming most of the vertical cliff face, the layers are horizontal, whereas in the white rocks of the foreground the layers are inclined to the right. They are like a tilted stack of books. In this case the......
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...careful consideration. A lower alpha level (e.g., 0.01) makes it harder to reject the null hypothesis, reducing the risk of false positives but potentially missing real effects. A higher alpha level (e.g., 0.10) makes it easier to reject the null hypothesis, potentially detecting more real effects but also increasing the risk of false positives. The significance level...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...care. I've looked back over this course and I realise that I've had problems with selecting material for the essay right from the beginning. Despite my concerns, this has been time well spent. 8 Two things I am going to try to do next time: (a) Read the essay question and notes first, work out what I have to do and try to read with this in the back of my mind. (b) Try...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...care, and a right to welfare. Those against accepting social and economic rights as having the same status as ‘basic’ rights, make the case that rights are principles which do not involve costs. So-called social and economic rights are not rights at all, they say, for such things involve huge costs by governments, while legal, civil and political rights are cost-free....
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...careful use of colour and light – a combination of windows that allowed the natural light to illuminate the decorated surfaces, as well as artificial lighting such as candles and oil lamps – and an array of smells and sounds provided by burning incense, chanting and bell ringing. In addition to the important role held by the embellishment of the walls in Byzantine...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs