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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
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...work at the University of Hertfordshire in a S&C department within that called Performance Herts. We deliver to university athletes, as well as external clubs such as Saracens Mavericks, Arsenal Ladies, Women's FC. And then on top of that, we've done workshops in S&C areas and fields, and also lecture. Today we're in the cricket hall, and we are going to be running an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete a further week. After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how crime writers approach creating and developing villainous fictional characters understand what parasocial relationships are, and why we might form them with people we...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...work, and beyond...Our lives depend on online services. Gain essential cyber security knowledge and skills, to help protect your digital life. We shop online. We work online. We play online. We live online. As our lives increasingly depend on digital services, the need to protect our information from being maliciously disrupted or misused is really important. Transcript...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs