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Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...technologies of power. Greenblatt focuses not only on the ideological construction of the human will. He also underscores the notion that the Renaissance offered new opportunities for the individual, such as the ability to change one’s religious beliefs or one’s social standing. Art (especially, one would imagine, portraiture) gives us insight into the continual...
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...technology of centrifugation allowed samples to be spun at very high speeds indeed, a refinement known as ultracentrifugation. For example, a centrifugation speed of 30 000 revolutions per minute (rpm) can produce a centrifugal force of 100 000 times Earth's gravitational force (100 000 × g). Ultracentrifugation using the appropriate types of sample preparation and...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...technological and sustainability lens is now central and the importance of the impact of these aspects increasingly recognised. This course will help you explore all of these features of mental health as it is understood in society today. The course is divided into three main sections. In Section 1 you will begin to explore some of the many perspectives of mental health....
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...educated delinquents) and council estates (Fergusson and Muncie, 2008). Council estates have also featured as convenient backdrops of social disorganisation in popular fiction and journalism, in travelogues, and as a source of political commentary and policy debate. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, for instance, it was the council estate which was marked out by the New...
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...educate them on the law of armed conflict. Narrator: Ignorance of humanitarian law is something that must be fought. If people don’t even know the rules they’re supposed to obey, compliance with the law is impossible. Speaker 3: These rules are taken from international conventions that your own country has signed. Everybody has a right to be cared for when he or she...
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...education. Second Age – younger and middle-aged adulthood, while people are generally working and raising families. Third Age – after people have generally stopped working and any children have left home. Fourth Age – once people are frail and dependent. Reading 1 - (c) c.If people in the Third Age are healthy and active, how is the Third Age different from the...
Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...technological infrastructures. Second, the emphasis on the city as a distinctive form of social organism is likewise an index of the observable problems associated with the displacement and relocation of large numbers of people from different backgrounds into close proximity with one another and the ensuing challenge of forging new forms of sociability and belonging. And...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...Technology, under the direction of Rodney Brooks (Figure 1). Cog has a mechanical body (only the upper part so far), powered by electric motors and controlled by microprocessors similar to those found in personal computers. It also has a visual system, consisting of two head-mounted video cameras and a network of microprocessors for analysing their signals. (I say...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs