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Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...social media’. Its roots point to two word bubbles, in which are written: ‘Loss of confidence in traditional media’ and ‘Low levels of critical thinking and news literacy’ on the left; and on the right, ‘Shifts in business models’ and ‘Malicious actors’.] Figure 1 The roots of ‘fake news’, from UNESCO’s 2017/2018 Report into World Trends in Freedom...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...social media on the internet. However, it also requires an element of informal collection of information by individuals in the organisation who are part of larger networks of contacts. Making connections between events in the wider environment to trigger the identification of opportunities cannot be programmed into a system. The management accounting information and tools...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...social media. These have opened the door for perpetrators to defraud more victims through digital means, such as hacking or phishing to steal victims’ money or personal and confidential information...Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour: 14 Failure to prevent tax evasion - [Described image] Figure 10 Tax evasion As Figure 10 shows, ‘tax evasion’ refers to using...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Deall datganoli yng Nghymru
Society, Politics & Law

Deall datganoli yng Nghymru

...social care and education. I'm very proud that in Torfaen we have a Labour council that is prepared to take those decisions to protect our local services. The leader of UKIP knows nothing about the financial pressures facing the local authority in Torfaen, and I am sure that you would agree with me, Minister, that all the low hanging fruit is now gone in local...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...interact directly with Ukrainian refugees, for example by hosting refugees in their homes, and who want to bring what they have found out – their knowledge and experience – to a space where they can engage with like-minded others and can find and provide mutual support and advice. The course has been written by and developed with an Ukrainian academic with extensive...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...interaction is governed by formalized rules, so is the soldiers’: there are uniforms to distinguish the people who have surrendered and gained rights from those who have not, and formal declarations of war and cease-fires to indicate when the permissibility of killing begins and ends. There is, to be sure, an important difference between the two cases. Whereas a boxer...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...interactions between the adsorbent and the pollutant. For example, the hydroxyl groups can hydrogen bond with anions such as chloride or nitrate. Similarly the carboxylic acid and carbonyl groups can coordinate cations such as calcium or magnesium. Activated carbon is also widely used as an adsorbent to treat industrial wastewater...What chemical compounds might be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...social life was still limited to the chess club. Victor didn’t really feel the need for another person in his life, in fact he found the concept of ‘sharing’ a life bizarre. He had mathematics, which filled up his time almost completely, so he wasn’t entirely sure what he wanted with a wife. Women seemed to him to be in possession of all kinds of undesirable...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs