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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...Latinate or multi-syllabic words gratuitously. Make sure that such words earn their place in your story. If in doubt, use the shorter, more commonly used word. Be wary of using hackneyed terms or phrases, clichés and the types of phrases that are too familiar. Start to keep a note of words you hear in conversation, and in everyday life: the phrases, words and speech...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...Latin, ‘con’ meaning ‘with’ and ‘stella’ meaning ‘star’. There are 88 named constellations that can be seen in the night sky. Some of them are only visible in the northern hemisphere, like the Plough (which is part of the Great Bear, or Ursa Major), while others are only visible in the southern hemisphere, for example, the Southern Cross. Although there...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...Latin phrase ceteris paribus, which means ‘other things being equal’. It is the foundation for constructing economic models, which abstract from the complexities of real economic life to concentrate on one or two variables that seem to be important. Once we have understood how two variables are related – how a change in one affects the other, ceteris paribus – it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...Latin word for ‘mixture’ ] which was given to “somebody you thought there was nothing wrong with, and you could do nothing for”’ (Digby, 1999, p. 198). More alarmingly, another practitioner prescribed a mixture … called Mist. Explo. It was a clear yellow liquid made from a few bright yellow crystals dissolved in water. The crystals were apt to ignite if left...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...Latin America to Southeast Asia? The answer to these questions is to be found here in the United States, where those now in power speak openly of their conquests and of endless war. Afghanistan, Iraq, these, they say, are just the beginning. Look out North Korea, Iran, even China. This film is about the rise and rise of rapacious, imperial power and a terrorism that never...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...Latin plural meaning ‘qualities’; the singular is ‘quale’). Some of these terms – ‘qualia’ in particular – often carry theoretical overtones, but at bottom all refer to the same thing: what a given experience feels like from the inside. When contemporary philosophers speak of consciousness it is usually this to which they are referring. Another way to home...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...Latin American countries, physical appearance is more important in determining race – so, siblings with different physical characteristics might be assigned to different races despite their identical ancestry. Also, the rules for how someone’s ancestry determines their race will vary across societies. For example, historically in the US, the so-called ‘one drop’...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...Latin for Queen or King, the head of state). In other words, the prosecutor represents the Crown or state. In a civil case, the parties are the claimant and defendant. The claimant is the person (or organisation) asking the court to order the defendant to do something. The defendant is the person (or organisation) against whom the claim is made. Civil case names usually...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs