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Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...social class, as well as where they lived, but a common thread that runs through the list above is that on many occasions music was created by people meeting together – at church, school or the local public house for example. Almost all of the music was live, with just the possibility of hearing a mechanical instrument such as a barrel organ. Of course, music was not...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...social engineering – a large scale influencing of groups of people. Attempts to manage organisational culture are not just about telling or showing employees what they are expected to conform to, but also about shaping their hearts, minds and souls; and in the case of workplace health programs, it can also be about shaping their bodies (Zoller, 2003). Hence employees...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Advanced German: Fragen der Identität
Languages

Advanced German: Fragen der Identität

...Social-Media-Ikone Geboren in Ghana, aufgewachsen in Köln, unterwegs in Deutschland – und im World Wide Web. Zu Hause bin ich gern der farbige Fleck in einem bunten Land. Einem Land, in dem ich gerne lebe und dem ich viel zu verdanken habe: Egal, ob als Fußball-Profi oder Vater einer Tochter. Lasst uns gemeinsam alle unseren Teil beitragen, dass wir auch in Zukunft...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...social purpose or the relative autonomy of art in any culture, our own included. The paintings discussed in the course are from the tomb of the official Nebamun, who worked in the temple of Karnak at Thebes during the reign of Amenhotep III (c.1390–c.1352 BC) or at the start of the immediately following reign of Amenhotep IV. This was a critical time in Egyptian...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...social media feeds, surrounded by people who look like us and share the same political outlook and never challenge our assumptions ...’. Activity 4 Reflecting Timing: Allow about 2 minutes Having watched Eli Pariser’s talk, take a few moments to consider whether you are in a filter bubble. Do you think you are getting a balanced information diet?...Session 2: Getting...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...social function of music, but also how rhythm can shape and characterise a musical work. The famous short-short-short-long rhythm can also be referred to as a motif as it can be traced throughout the whole symphony and helps to create its structure. Here’s another extract from the third movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony – can you hear the rhythmic motif? Audio...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...social, political, cultural and even economic considerations. Clearly, there are areas where the risk is so high as to be manifestly unacceptable, and others where it is so low as to be negligible. Of course, most debate is in the grey area in between. Legislation, attitude and hence behavioural change are important channels for reducing risk. Many hazards cannot be...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing relational care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing relational care

...Social Work courses and qualifications. The authors of this course wish to thank the Hallmark Foundation for funding this work and for their faith in its value. [Hallmark Foundation. Age well, every step of the way.]...Introducing relational care: Introduction - Much of the news about communities of care for older people is grim. For the sector: a soaring level of staff...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs