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Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...work required. So if the pirate transition begins with a kind of fire orgy, it tends to end with an ecological fire famine. Well, many nations looked over, looked across the spectrum of really wrecked landscapes and adopted a programme of state-sponsored conservation to protect their remaining estates, and in many cases, colonial holdings, from the ravages of axe and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Ethics in science?
Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...works to protect and promote the interests of patients and the public in health research. It is responsible for research ethics committees across the UK. All medical research involving people in the UK, whether in the NHS or the private sector, first has to be approved by an independent research ethics committee. The committee protects the rights and interests of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...works, with illustrations from around the world. This course is designed to be studied for about 2 hours per week over 6 weeks. As there is no start and end date you can study in your own time and your own pace. Throughout this free non-accredited course you will be considering the following overarching questions: What is the importance of understanding ecosystems? How do...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...Work on this colossal amphitheatre began in 70 CE under the emperor Vespasian, forming part of his bold reconfiguration of the area of the city which had previously been occupied by the sprawling palace complex of the emperor Nero, the Domus Aurea (or ‘Golden House’). With Nero’s reign having ended (in 68 CE) in disgrace and scandal, it was in the interests of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...working within the autobiographical sub-genre chose to tell their story from the perspective of the adult, rather than as if it were spoken by the child or adolescent. The latter could not be expected to express feelings or analyse situations except within a limited range and remain credible, and so could only offer the most indirect or attenuated sense of moral or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...work through this week, try and remember the scientific techniques you covered last week, such as making precise measurements, recording data and observations and interpreting any results. So, clear some space in your freezer and get started!...Week 2: Unique properties of water: 2.1 Experiment 3: Ice tray experiment - Figure 1 Solids, liquids and gases have very...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...worked example of document analysis provided...Session 1: Origins of the First World War: 1 Why did we fight? - Some contemporaries had no idea why they were fighting in the First World War, as Harry Patch, Britain’s oldest surviving Tommy, recalled in his autobiography: By the time I was demobilised I was thoroughly disillusioned. I could never understand why my...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...work through the activities you will be encouraged to record your thoughts on an idea, an issue or a reading, and how it relates to your practice. Hopefully you will have opportunities to discuss your ideas with colleagues. We therefore suggest that you use a notebook – either physical or electronic – to record your thoughts in a way in which they can easily be...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs