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Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...education, ambition and chastity were seen as more important for choosing a spouse while in Nigeria, citizens ranked good health, refinement/neatness and desire for home/children highest. Also, most of the research carried out in this area has focused on heterosexual relationships. However it has been found that there are far more similarities between homosexual and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...Education Ltd; Zedner, L. (1997) ‘Victims’. © Oxford University Press 1997. Reprinted from The Oxford Handbook of Criminology, edited by Mike Maguire, Rod Morgan and Robert Reiner, 2nd edn 1997, by permission of Oxford University Press; Smith, D.J. (1997) ‘Ethnic origins, crime, criminal justice’, © Oxford University Press 1997. Reprinted from The Oxford...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...education process both ways. But at the end of the day, you have to make your own decisions. Learn from feedback, but you have to write your own books. ...Week 4: ‘Treat ’em mean, keep ’em keen’: engagement with villains: 1.3 Gordon Brown - Authors often take part in writing panels (or author panels). These typically take place in book shops, or at conferences or...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...technology, particularly the internet, mean alternative types of finance are commonplace in today’s economic landscape...Organisations and the financial system: 2.1 Crowdfunding - One solution to the limitations posed by traditional means of financing has been to rely directly on the public to search for potential funders. Crowdfunding is the process of raising...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...education of a young boy. The stringed instrument, of which there are four examples, is a ‘barbitos’ (βαρβιτος), a relative of the lyre. The teacher holds open a papyrus roll, containing what appears to be the beginning of a poem. The poem begins with an address to the muse (Μοισα), as do the Iliad and Odyssey...Session 2: Sounds: 1 The sounds of Greek -...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...educated guesses about the whole population. The formula uses “s”, which is calculated from our sample, to estimate how spread out the entire population might be. The t-distribution follows a unique pattern that differs from the normal distribution. When you calculate the t-statistic multiple times using various samples, the results conform to this t-distribution....
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...educated wealthy men. Can we recreate the experiences and perspectives of women, children and slaves? Only by studying a variety of evidence and by carefully evaluating its context can we begin to recreate and explore differing perspectives. This block, like the course as a whole, is about posing questions, finding ways of investigating these questions and evaluating the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...technology of printing. The area of the visual arts was broadened by the publication of prints by artists from both Italy and the north, the German master Albrecht Dürer prominent among them. Venetian printers were also engaged in map-making, not least nautical maps of the main sea-routes and ports around which Venetian trade was organised. And it has been established...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs