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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...Introduction - Religion is not necessarily what you think it is! This free course, Religious diversity: rethinking religion, will present a selection of the vast variety of religious practices and beliefs in Britain today. Having familiarity with religions is increasingly required to make sense of issues of local, national and global importance. This course will introduce...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...Introduction - This course will concentrate on one of the most common forms of art history writing – a biographical monograph about a single artist's life and work. You will be focusing on the way that one author, Helen Langdon, has used biography in her book about one artist, Caravaggio. In order to get the most out of studying this course you will need access to a...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...introduction into it of the principle which Jacquard devised for regulating, by means of punched cards, the most complicated patterns in the fabrication of brocaded stuffs. It is in this that the distinction between the two engines lies. Nothing of the sort exists in the Difference Engine. We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just...
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Dance skills
Education & Development

Dance skills

...Introduction - Dance communicates ideas through movement and is an expressive art form. Students need to learn how to use their body in a safe and healthy way, whilst developing a wide-ranging movement vocabulary. This unit introduces some key skills and suggestions for how to develop these skills with students. The use of different dance techniques can be an effective...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...introduction to – to fifty non-existent countries. And when I say non-existent I mean places that would like to be countries but are not recognised as such by other countries. And those other countries being places with a seat at the United Nations for example. But when you start looking into what defines a country first point to make is that there is no
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Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...introduction of the Slavery Abolition Act (1833) brought an end to slavery in British Empire in 1838. But during this this time, not only was there an intensification in the exploitation of ‘free labour’, but also a rise in penal servitude, which was to reach its zenith in Britain later that century with the ‘hard fare, hard bed and hard labour’ prison policies...
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Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...Introduction - Trade took Venetian merchants all over the Mediterranean and as far as China, a fact that affected not only the city’s economic prosperity but its cultural identity, making fifteenth-century Venice one of the most culturally diverse cities in Europe, a fact clearly depicted in many Venetian paintings. This course reviews some aspects of the social and...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...Introduction - Recent years have seen a great deal of media discussion about young people's health and wellbeing, focusing on issues such as eating disorders, binge drinking, mental health and behavioural problems. But what is the true picture? What do we mean by ‘wellbeing’ for young people, how is it shaped by social differences and inequalities, and how can we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs