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Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...mental condition, confirmed later by what we learn of her history. Miss Havisham's gothic surroundings alert us to an understanding of her position beyond anything the young boy could see, although as the adult narrator informs us he ‘saw more’ in the first moments ‘than might be supposed’. Her corrupting potential is conveyed to the reader, even though the boy...
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...mental short-cut) is that households should spend no more than 30% of their disposable income on total housing costs (mortgage or rent, regular property taxes and home insurance) but of course individual households may have to, or choose to, spend more. When looking at Figures 7−9, it’s important to bear in mind that you are looking at data only for people who have...
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...mental and social isolation that Harki elders were experiencing in the camps. Transit camps such as Bias were opened in 1962 to temporarily house Harkis and their families until they could be integrated into French communities. The image was taken in 1975, however, indicating that some Harkis were still living in sparse and isolated accommodation more than a decade after...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...mental note about which you agree with. A. Both cowboys pose a lethal threat to the other. So each is liable to defensive killing. B. Both cowboys pose a lethal threat to the other. But whether each is liable to defensive killing depends on other facts about their situation. Discussion If you agree with option A, you are in line with Walzer’s position. If you agree with...
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...mental processes. As we work through the subject, two basic issues will emerge. One is concerned with the mechanisms of attention, and raises questions such as: How much material can we take in at once? What happens to information to which we did not attend? In what circumstances does attention fail, allowing unwanted information to influence or distract us? The other...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...Health Check: the annual FTSE 350 Cyber Governance Health Check assesses and reports on cyber security risk management in the UK’s 350 largest firms (the “FTSE 350”.) National Cyber Security Centre – Threat Listing National Cyber Security Centre – The cyber threat to UK business 2017-2018 report...Week 2: Authentication: Introduction - CORY DOCTOROW Hello and...
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...mental and physical tools for a process which has been termed modelling. Models and modelling encompass a wide range of applications. You may be most familiar with its use to describe a new car (as in 'the latest model') or as a title for those men and women who display the latest fashion creations (fashion models). These popular uses of the term have some things in...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...health and safety about. I love working in radio drama. I never intended to stay when I first was lucky enough to be given a job. But I became absolutely seduced by the medium and by the people I get to work with both actors and writers. It’s a wonderful medium to write for. It commissions huge numbers of original work. We work to try to serve the writer’s voice. And...