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North Sea, air safety and Brexit
Nature & Environment

North Sea, air safety and Brexit

...skilled workforce from mainly Scottish airports over some of the most treacherous seas in the world. In the early 1980s, I contributed to these statistics when working on one of the deep-water platforms. Before each trip I remember an adrenalin-fed focus that took in every word of the flight safety briefing. That’s still how it’s done, even for seasoned oil-workers....
Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...skill.” Caroline Peaty, Mother of Adam Peaty Peaty’s family clearly valued the importance of swimming and made every effort to ensure he had the opportunities and support to start swimming. Once Adam’s talent and success were evident, at aged 14 he joined City of Derby Swimming Club which involved increased travelling and greater commitment. It was a grueling regime...
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the plot of the Iliad and the wider cycle of myths of which it was a part identify characteristic features that show how the Iliad was composed orally use these features to think about and interpret the poem...Introducing Homer's Iliad: 1 The Troy story - Homer’s two poems – the Iliad and the Odyssey – together...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...study. Introduction This series of videos offers a chance to embark on an ‘International virtual field trip’. In addition to observing and thinking geographically, importantly there’s a lot of emphasis on listening to perspectives from across a range of contexts across the Global South. Although clearly not in the Global South, the International virtual field trip...
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the differences between colonisation, colonialism and coloniality recognise the role of religion and religious categories in the dehumanisation of colonised communities reflect on hierarchies of knowledge...Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance: 1 Colonisation and race: The...
Using a scientific calculator
Science, Maths & Technology

Using a scientific calculator

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the basic functions on your calculator understand which calculator functions are needed for a given problem understand what may go wrong when entering calculations and know how to fix them apply knowledge of calculator functions to a range of mathematical calculations...Using a scientific calculator: 1 Getting to...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...studies, with input throughout from individuals involved in making those films, the course provides a practical, in-depth exploration of how film financing works, and the key business decisions that are made along the way. It addresses questions like: Why do films fail? Why are intellectual property and copyright important? Why do films get public funding? What is the...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...study in Arts and Humanities...David Hume: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the debates in the late Enlightenment concerning suicide, immortality, the nature of evidence, the existence of God and related topics understand some characteristic shifts and continuities in the move from Enlightenment ideals towards Romantic ones...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs