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Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision

...public is to show them the beautiful stuff, but then once you’ve got all that interest and you’ve got your big audiences, then you start to contextualise it and bring in the bigger picture of the science. So with Frozen Planet we were really excited, because we got a seven-part commission and the seventh show was in fact about change in the polar regions and actually...
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Video 30 mins
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...publication in April 1719, Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe was a commercial success. By the end of the year five further editions had been published, and pirated copies and abridgments had already begun to appear (a sure sign of real popularity). It went on to become one of the most frequently published novels in the English language, with nearly 1,200 separate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...public domain; cymbals: bayshev/Getty Images; nadaswaram: By Rahdisas - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/ w/ index.php?curid=92503798; violin: yarn/Getty Images; harmonium: ajaykampani/Getty Images; thambura: Martin Spaink https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/; khanjira: image: brian@silverbushmusic.com https://creativecommons.org/...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...public spaces such as theatres, amphitheatres and the baths where they interacted. The available evidence is rich and varied – literature in all its forms, inscriptions, epitaphs, buildings, mosaics, frescos, tombs and coins. All types of evidence have the potential to reveal something about Roman social relationships. Valerie Hope Epitaphs and gravestones of the Roman...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...public (e.g., governmental building) or private (e.g., personal household)...Week 1: Introducing the Byzantine icon: 3.1 Sacred I: The Byzantine Church - According to Saint Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople between 715 and 730, ‘the church is the earthly heaven in which the heavenly God dwells and moves’ (Acheimastou-Potamianou, 1987, p. 38). During the long life...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...health and the environment through increasing the carbon footprint as warning signs. The pandemic really highlighted those bad habits and eyes were well and truly opened. According to Gratton (2022), the pandemic also allowed us to see into each other’s working and domestic lives for the first time, and to connect on a level that we have never achieved before. We...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...Health coaching – working with patients and health professionals. Coaching in education – working with students, educators and parents. Career coaching – working with professionals on their career development. Leadership coaching – working with leaders in any profession or field. Positive psychology coaching – integrating coaching and positive psychology to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...health improved after drinking Guinness, but nowadays this is attributed to the high iron content of the stout. Pregnant women are now advised not to drink Guinness because of its alcohol content and the dangers of alcohol to the foetus. Can you tell how a beer will taste from its appearance? Taste is dependent on both the ingredients of the beer and the process used to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs