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Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...thinking of member states Europe remains ‘open’ – but only for the ‘right’ kind of people. Territorial borders, after all, have never just been about keeping things out. They are as much about inclusion as exclusion, more a filtering mechanism to sort out ‘wanted’ from ‘unwanted’ migrants, the ‘safe’ from the more ‘risky’ population. Of late, the...
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Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation
History & The Arts

Mizuki Shigeru: An appreciation

...think Mizuki really did encounter something in the jungle. If we think that way, the world becomes a more interesting place, doesn't it?—May Mizuki Shigeru rest in peace. I myself have always liked Ittanmomen. Someone else posted some words by Mizuki Shigeru that inspired them: 自分の好きなことをやる。 そのために 人は生まれてきたのだ。 （by...
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Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...thinking and argument? Photographs require as much scrutiny and critical analysis as written records. It is easy to think of them as ‘truthful’ and ‘objective’ because they are produced by a machine that reacts to light falling on the actual scene or subject. However, all photographs are created by human agency and photographers legitimately seek to influence...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...think of ‘delta’ (δ, upper case Δ) as an English ‘d’, or ‘pi’ (π, upper case Π) as an English ‘p’. Look at the name of the Greek god ‘Poseidon’, which contains a combination of letters that might look both familiar and strange: Ποσειδων (= Poseidon) Although Ποσειδων is trickier to decipher than Ζευς, there is still a one-to-one...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...Thinking in terms of energy flow through these levels, a proportion of the solar energy captured by plants in trophic level 1 has passed through into trophic levels 2 and 3. Question 1 Question: Relationships are often expressed as flow charts, where annotated boxes are linked by arrows. Sketch a flow chart to show the movement of solar energy through different trophic...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...think briefly about the Colosseum’s cultural symbolism, and the reasons why it held such significance for visitors on the Grand Tour...Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour: 1.1 The Colosseum in antiquity - [This is a colour photograph of the Colosseum in Rome, with visitors.] Figure 1 The Colosseum in Rome, Italy. The Colosseum has been one of the most iconic sights...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...system boundary of the project, although it may be appropriate to represent them inside the boundary, depending on structures within a particular organisation. The project sponsor is part of the project board or project steering committee. Following the definition of roles within ISO 21500: The project sponsor authorises the project, makes executive decisions, and solves...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...think their sharp hunger would have pierced to the steaming and smoking dishes within. The very morning after I had denied that man a penny at the theatre door, and was still smarting to think I had not given him sixpence, I saw a boy of ten, in the cut-down tatters of a man, gloating upon a meat-pie which a cook had cruelly set behind the pane in front of him. I took out...
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