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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...interacting with what I call the cryosphere. That's the frozen parts of our planet. So I've been out on ships and working on the frozen oceans in the Arctic and the Antarctic and making measurements around the continents. TAMSIN EDWARDS: So I'm a computer modeller. I use data like use in my work. I study Antarctica. This is a model of the bedrock underneath Antarctica....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...interactive precioso beautiful gigante gigantic grande – pequeño moderno – antiguo bonito – feo blanco – negro ADJECTIVE ENDINGS (GENDER) You will remember that an adjective changes according to whether the noun it refers to is masculine (e.g. el edificio – ‘building’ ) or feminine (e.g. la casa – ‘house’ ): el edifici o modern o la cas a modern a...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...interacting with others in real life, they take in clues and signals from you as much as you are from them. So don’t be afraid to ask people to repeat, speak more slowly, or clarify the meaning of specific words. If you don’t understand something, don’t nod out of politeness. Let people know. Get as much exposure to the language as possible. Podcasts, films, music--...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...social media, images pervade our lives. From magazines to book design, houses to swimming pools, the study of art informs you about the world, improving your visual literacy and analytical skills. From the Renaissance to surrealism, A level History of Art with the NEC will provide you with the skills to read imagery and to better understand the world around you. Enrol...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...social or technological advancements that are negatively influencing the company’s ability to sell its products? Or, since the company was formed in 2021, has it already captured most of its market share and a further growth in sales is becoming increasingly challenging? Activity 2 provides you with an opportunity to practise calculating sales growth and to understand...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...interacts in order to fulfil its function. The analytical approach has indicated that different tissue-specific genes are activated or repressed in the brain and peripheral organs of hibernating animals. The genes encode pre-identified proteins which are linked to the role of each tissue in hibernation (i.e. reactive control in the brain, metabolic adaptation in liver...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...socially pretty diverse (see Figure 1). These institutional factors played a decisive role in shaping the very nature of French art during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The huge history paintings on display today in the Daru and Mollien rooms would not have come into existence without the state as actual patron or potential buyer: they are mostly too...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...social role, the attitude of the owners and so on. Unfortunately, it is seldom easy to put a figure on that capacity for any particular organisation, though there is often a consensus about the estimated area for the total. For example, most people would expect to see a biotechnology company accepting more risk than, say, a charity providing housing for disadvantaged...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs