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Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...world through translations of Greek and Latin texts and wish to know more about the languages in which these works were composed...The free course, Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin, gives a taste of what it is like to learn two ancient languages. It is for those who have encountered the classical world through translations of Greek and Latin texts and wish to know more...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...world around you, for better or worse. Historically, colonial Britain – and colonial powers more generally – systematically disempowered Black people, diminishing or removing their capacity to affect the world. Such disempowerment took the form of overt racism – racial slurs, segregation, slavery, physical attack and murder – but also subtler forms of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...world or… Geoffrey Horrocks No, no, no, that’s quite right. In fact, there are ways of dealing with that. We know the Roman elite had really rather similar ideas to us about the written form of their language. They obviously thought it was the correct form of Latin, in the same way that we tend to think of written English as somehow representing the correct form of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...world. A theory is well-substantiated and widely accepted because it will have been tested and confirmed through observation and experimentation. Theories are used to make predictions and explain observations. Examples include the theory of natural selection and evolution, atomic theory and the theory of gravity. It should be noted that though these examples are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...world in your hand. You can go shopping, do your banking, buy tickets for travel, get information, or simply keep in touch with family and friends. There's a lot you can do online when it comes to taking care of your health care, too. From apps to help you boost your well-being to potentially connecting with your GP surgery, the option of booking appointments with your GP...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...world situations. Finally, they use reports to describe or analyse a situation and provide recommendations. The next section looks more closely at assignment types, their purpose and structure...Week 3: Writing university assignments: 2.1 Types of assignment - There is a wide range of assignment types that students may be asked to produce during their university studies....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...world’ as opposed to carefully controlled laboratory conditions. Fitzpatrick chronicles the barrage of experts stepping forward to criticise Wakefield's study and issue reassurances about the safety of MMR. In spite of this, the effects were dramatic. The Health Protection Agency monitors vaccination uptake in the UK: from a peak of 92% uptake in 1995–96, this figure...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
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Money & Business

Risk management

...World-Com and Enron. Worse than this, in many instances the failings have resulted in deaths and injuries – as with the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster in the North Sea in 1988 or the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in 2010.Successful organisations embed a culture of risk management in all areas of their activities. To achieve this requires effective and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs