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Why not ‘World Religions’?
History & The Arts

Why not ‘World Religions’?

...history. It emerges in the Victorian period when scholars like Max Muller and Cornelius Tiele set out to categorise religion in the same way that Linnaeus produced a taxonomy of the natural world. Muller and Tiele were not neutral observers, however. They were very much a part of the colonial project. And so the data they produced was of nations that were being subjugated...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...family home of David Hume. Hume was a pivotal figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, and his imminent death was widely anticipated. The crowds were anxious to know how he was facing up to his coming demise. Hume is best known today as a historian (through his History of England of 1754–62) and a philosopher. His Treatise of Human Nature is regarded by many as one of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...history of humanity's engagement with machine technologies and at our dream of building machines that share our special human features and powers – particularly our mental abilities. Minds – Here, we'll explore the development of the idea that human thought might be a form of computation, from its origins in the 17th century, through the advent of the digital computer...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Intermediate French: 14 July
Languages

Intermediate French: 14 July

...history) (not a lot) (the storming of the Bastille) (something to do with the army) (Paris and France) (a sense of freedom) Words: 0 Answer Nom Réponse en français Roland (the French national celebration) la fête nationale de la France Benoît (a lot of noise) beaucoup de bruit Médina (a day off) un jour férié Nicolas (the values of the French Revolution) les...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...family or romantic relationships and the consumption of ‘animal products’ (Stewart and Cole, 2018). You have seen that even everyday 1950s advertisements contribute to the construction of identities ‘fuelled’ by the consumption of ‘animal products’. The affective dimension of the AIC is crucial to its survival. The social harms outlined earlier are indeed...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...history of sound-recording technology recognise the impact of technological change on sound recording understand some of the decisions made by contemporary sound recordists, including the placement of microphones...Recording music and sound: 1 Recording production - For many people today the recording process is very simple. A recording device is placed in front of a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...family – the Carbons – who live in a rich country, like the USA. [MUSIC PLAYING] SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH We know that human activity on a large scale, massive deforestation, the near universal use of fossil fuels is changing the climate. But can anything that you or I do individually, can that have an effect? Well, over half the carbon dioxide produced by mankind comes...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...families, so technology's not gonna help that. So, I think in the long term yes it w it can help prevent, it can help detect, does help detect, it will never eradicate crime but it may reduce it in certain areas to acceptable levels. JOHN. Bob Pattison also acknowledges that despite the benefits for policing and control of some crime, the wider implications of the new...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr