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Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...world and meet some of the people who live there. You learn to recognise more names for countries, understand some information about the German language as well as basic personal information. You also learn to use regular verbs and pronouns such as ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’ and ‘she’...Beginners' German: Places and people: 2.1 Where is German spoken? - So far, this...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...world around it, is dynamic – and for it to respond effectively, I need to too. Activity 2 Things that would stop without you Timing: Allow 20 minutes In this activity, you are invited to take a sort of mental holiday and see how your organisation would get on without you – or someone like you – fulfilling your role. You may be familiar with the film It’s a...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...world in specific ways, and who are entitled to respect and choice. In this course, you will look at the ways in which different perspectives on childhood may influence how children’s views are heard, and how far they can participate in making decisions about matters that affect them. First, however, you will look at how trends in society have influenced the way the law...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...world objects. So there is some recognisable mathematical activity ‘for its own sake’, which was Chace's claim. However, this does not quite resolve the matter. If the Rhind Papyrus were primarily a teaching document, and if it were the calculation methods that one wanted to teach, then the fact that Problem 40 is quite unrealistic may be a tribute to the scribe's...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...world, but British drinkers of the time stuck to their home-brewed pale ales. These drinks were weaker than the 5% alcohol content of many lagers, and suited British drinking habits. “Mild [a type of beer] was about 3%,” says beer writer Pete Brown. “Men who worked in factories and mines would drink pints and pints of it after work, partially to rehydrate without...
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Article 10 mins
Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...world-wide that they had completed a rough or first draft of the sequence of the human genome. The powerful headlines shown in Figure 1.3 were the way that some British newspapers captured the attention of their readers, on or around that date. Is the Human Genome Project ‘the breakthrough that changes everything’ (Figure 1.3), and, if so, how will it? Does the draft...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Energy resources: solar energy
Nature & Environment

Energy resources: solar energy

...world?...Energy resources: Solar energy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the principles that underlie the ability of various natural phenomena to deliver solar energy outline the technologies that are used to harness the power of solar energy discuss the positive and negative aspects of solar energy in relation to natural and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...world in your little box or on your tablet. Okay, so now I’m going to introduce some more key phrases. 2019 sah man weniger fern als 2018. So, mehr als and the opposite is weniger als. And you can see, 2019: zweihundertelf Minuten. On 2018, zweihundertsiebzehn Minuten. Least of all: am wenigsten. Im Jahr 1997 sah man am wenigsten fern. Am wenigsten is the adverb meaning...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs