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Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: analyse paintings centred on the human figure in terms of how a work's form and content together produce its meaning explain how and why French painting came to be used and controlled by the Napoleonic regime discuss the problems of interpretation raised by Gros's Napoleonic paintings locate Napoleonic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
What was Lewis Carroll like?
History & The Arts

What was Lewis Carroll like?

...learned books, very different from "Alice in Wonderland." There is a tale that when the Queen had read "Alice in Wonderland" she was so pleased that she asked for more books by the same author. Lewis Carroll was written to, and back, with the name of Charles Dodgson on the title-page, came a number of the very dryest books about Algebra and Euclid that you can imagine....
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Article 10 mins
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...learn how this structure determines which polymer to use for a particular product. You will also explore the manufacturing techniques used and the how the use of polymerisation can be used to control the structure of polymers...This free course, Introduction to polymers, examines the use of polymers and demonstrates how their properties are controlled by their molecular...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define and use, or recognise definitions and applications of each of the bold terms outline the special features of the polar regions as a habitat and list some contrasts between the Arctic and the Antarctic describe some effects of daylength on feeding, fat deposition and reproduction in arctic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...Learning outcomes - Objetivos lingüísticos Expresar sus gustos y preferencias en el contexto del arte; Definir términos abstractos, especialmente en el contexto académico; Expresar sentimientos y reacciones hacia acontecimientos específicos; Analizar un cuento. Objetivos culturales Comprender que el significado de las categorías culturales, por ejemplo las de arte y...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Advanced German: Regional landscapes
Languages

Advanced German: Regional landscapes

...Learning outcomes - At the end of this course you will be able to: speak or write about certain landscapes, regions and political structures in Germany, Austria and Switzerland speak or write about views and definitions on the theme of Heimat summarise information in your own words in the form of notes and short texts analyse various texts in terms of their argument...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the difference between industrial and engineering design with reference to familiar products; and for specific products explain whether it is the product’s form or its function that enhances its value in the marketplace understand the concept of a product design specification (PDS), and be...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the principal differences between a eutrophic and an oligotrophic ecosystem explain the mechanisms by which species diversity is reduced as a result of eutrophication (Questions 2.1 and 2.2) contrast the anthropogenic sources that supply nitrogen and phosphorus to the wider environment, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs