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Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...Le roi Candaules (King Candaules). Oil on canvas, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1859. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico Discussion These are points of comparison that you may have noted: Candaules, when it was time for bed, led Gyges to the room, and quickly afterwards his wife entered. Gyges watched her come in and set down her clothes. When he was behind the back of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Le Monde that: ‘France possesses in Jeanne Leleu its most talented female composer’ (cited in Hamer, 2018, p. 83). Although not often performed today, Leleu was a highly regarded composer during the earlier twentieth century. She won France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome in 1923, pursued a successful career as both a composer and a pianist, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...Le Vay, J., Page, L. and Jennings, N. (2022) ‘The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: a narrative review of current evidence, and its implications’, International Review of Psychiatry, 34(5), pp. 443–98. Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1080/ 09540261.2022.2128725https://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/ full/ 10.1080/ 09540261.2022.2128725....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson (Carmejane farm). [Described image] Figure 4 Drones used in livestock monitoring, IDELE research facility: CIRBEEF farm, Brittany, France Using drones on alternating days, relieves farmers from time demands while ensuring that continuous oversight of livestock is maintained. Preliminary results indicate that farmers saved 30% of their time when...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...Le Pen in France and other far right leaders in Europe. Activity 1 Migration and demographic change Timing: Allow approximately 45 minutes Spend some time exploring the International Migration Statistics published by the Migration Policy Institute. Use the data available on that website to establish whether people are moving to your home country or moving away from it....
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...Les Duckers. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated in the acknowledgements section, this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...le Gap – ski and snowboard courses in Canada, https://skilegap.com/. Figures 3 and 4: taken from Stagecoach UK Bus. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn...
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Free course 48 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...Le Système International d’Unites, abbreviated to SI) was developed in France during the 18th century in an effort to create a unified and rational system of weights and measures. The SI system was adopted as the world standard in 1960. Mass and volume (of liquids) are the quantities chemists most often work with and later in this session you will look at how these are...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs