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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...human constitution,” he concluded. The food produced by a field of potatoes is not inferior in quantity to that produced by a field of rice, and much superior to what is produced by a field of wheat. Twelve thousand weight of potatoes from an acre of land is not a greater produce than two thousand weight of wheat. The food or solid nourishment, indeed, which can be...
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Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...resources that you think might be useful – websites, dictionaries, books, friends and family. The important thing is that you research the topic as well as you can. Choose from one of the three following scenarios. Notes and guidance on what to include in your play are included in each document. Play 1: Introductory level View document. Play 2: Intermediate level View...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...Humanities...Approaching prose fiction: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise and discuss selected library texts from the Renaissance to the present approach literary texts in terms of genre, gender and the canon engage in close analysis of narrative and poetic language and apply technical analytical terms engage in comparative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...human when men can live freely in free cities, on this day, we take the solemn oath: to maintain permanent ties between our municipalities, to encour age exchanges in all domains between their inhabitants so as to develop through a better mutual understanding, the notion of European brotherhood, to join forces as to further, to the best of our ability, the success of this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...human misery, people are. That's the case whether the rate of children's problems is going up or going down, or, as it were, taking a new form. I do think it's taking a new form. There's the fact of being always 'on', always reachable, always connected. There's the plethora of communication choices that face our young people. Whether to communicate in public or in...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...human life, for example, healthcare. While in the past, if you wanted to check your heart, you would need to go to a doctor who would use a stethoscope to listen to it (Figure 7a), these days a range of wearable products can monitor vital signs while we go about our daily activities. For example, biometric shirts designed to monitor the vital signs of sports players...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Teaching and learning: percentages and fractions: Introduction - In this week’s study you will read about the effectiveness of diagrammatic representations in helping learners to access mathematics and to develop their conceptual understanding of fractions,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...human groups that think of themselves as nations challenge the existing order and assert their right to a state of their own. And at the same time it is a kind of gentle introduction to how to study political ideas. It is more theoretical, or philosophical, than historical, but that doesn’t mean it has no purchase on the real world. The practical examples with which it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs