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Intermediate Italian: describing people
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Intermediate Italian: describing people

...latin lover! È ancora abbastanza giovane, ha circa quarant’anni, è alto e porta i capelli lunghi come i calciatori o gli attori. Gli piace andare in palestra e in discoteca. Federico, ha 11 anni, non è né alto né basso per la sua età, è un po’ cicciottello ed è molto simpatico. Gli piace stare con i suoi amici e andare alle feste...Intermediate Italian:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...Latin for ‘in the year of our Lord’), and you may find that the authors of other things you read on the topics discussed here use instead BC and AD instead of BCE and CE. Remember that BCE years count backwards – therefore the sixth century BCE is earlier than the fifth century BCE...Herodotus and the invention of history: 1.1 How do we know what we know? - If you...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...Latin America and South Asia are disadvantaged. These latter countries have less capacity to absorb the health and economic shocks from the pandemic. Here you can see the connection to issues of poverty and exclusion. Overall, the prioritising of vaccine supplies to high-income countries seems to be self-defeating as COVID-19 does not respect national boundaries, and...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...Latin name Ursus americanus) can be brown and similarly, brown bears (Ursus arctos) can have fur that is almost black. Both black and brown bears occur together in parts of North America. They are classified as separate species because, although hybrids have occasionally been found, the hybrids themselves do not appear to be fertile. The term species is surprisingly...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...Latin America’, International Journal of Inclusive Education, 23:7–8, pp. 841–848. McDermott, R., & Varenne, H. (1995) ‘Culture as Disability’, Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 26(3), pp. 324–348. Mead, George Herbert. 1934. Mind, Self and Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Messiou, K., Bui, L. T., Ainscow, M., Gasteiger-Klicpera, B., Bešić,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...Latin America, and eastward, toward Asia. Today, the largest Christian communities on the planet are to be found in those regions.’ (Jenkins, 2002, pp. 1–2). The Christian tradition – its beliefs and practices – have been translated to new geographical settings. And these new forms of Christian worship are also making their mark in Britain (Catto, 2012). Global...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...Latin word marsupium, meaning pocket. This feature is conspicuous in kangaroos and wallabies, but is not present in all marsupials. A need for renaming was even more evident once marsupials were found to briefly form a simple placenta. As a result, the terms Eutheria (= placental mammals), Metatheria (= marsupials) and Prototheria (= monotremes) were proposed instead. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...Latin phrase ‘iudex non calculat’ (a judge does not calculate) means that it is the quality and not the quantity of arguments that counts – but some lawyers jokingly take it to mean that judges are not good at maths. While there is some truth that lawyers and laypeople can be uncomfortable with the numbers often used in expert evidence, there are ways of overcoming...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs