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Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...think carefully about how freedom is restricted by our place in society and how it can vary from state to state...What defines individual freedom in a civilised society? Philosophers have argued over such questions for centuries. This free course, Two concepts of freedom, looks at a positive and a negative concept of freedom, asking you to think carefully about how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Getting started on classical Latin
History & The Arts

Getting started on classical Latin

...thinking of English words which are derived from, and therefore similar to, the Latin words you have learnt; using flash cards; getting a friend to test you; recording vocabulary items and listening back to them; or a combination of these strategies. If you can set up the habit of learning just a few words each day, you will benefit enormously...Getting started on...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...think those with Eurocentric views might regard cloth-making? Theme 2: Tradition and modernity Western stereotypical views of traditional art practices in ‘other’ cultures have tended to see these as sterile and static art forms. How is this view challenged by the video? Theme 3: Gender and values How would you interpret the significance of women’s participation in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...system was breaking apart and Rome was plunged into two bitter civil wars between powerful political and military figures, such as Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, one after the other. Augustus – at this stage still called Octavian – was the last man standing after the second civil war, and this is how he came to be in control of the Roman state. [Figure 2: This image...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...think through these entanglements through a focus on 'problem' populations and 'problem' places. It includes treatment of the victims of Hurricane Katrina that hit the US in 2007, and also of the governance of urban populations in the context of Britain (council estates) and France (banlieues)...This free course, 'Problem' populations, 'problem' places, looks deeper into...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...think they are? Discussion What strikes us about the extracts from the SHA is that they are often like lists: lists of provinces that Hadrian visited and lists of buildings that he restored, with little by way of detail or expansion. In other places the material also seems disorganised. For example, in Chapter 21 the author talks about judges, freed slaves and slaves,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...systems are faced with the challenge of controlling new infections that can spread globally in a very short time. Similarly, trade routes still transport infected goods within countries as they have always done, but air freight enables infectious agents in foodstuffs to travel between continents in less than a day. Globalisation requires global responses to prevent...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Data and processes in computing
Digital & Computing

Data and processes in computing

...system, and the processes that may be applied to that data. These ideas are illustrated by a particular application — a supermarket till — but they are of general relevance in designing software systems. Important terminology will be highlighted in bold. In this course we will look at some commonly occurring forms of data. We start with fundamental forms, such as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs