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Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...become Head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Science Working Group and he was also struggling with describing the risks at the time, he didn’t want to overhype it, but he was saying, ‘We feel that the way the statistics are stacking up it looks like humans have had an influence on the climate,’ and he trod very carefully around that and in fact we...
Leo Tolstoy on King Lear
History & The Arts

Leo Tolstoy on King Lear

...becomes yet more exasperated and again curses Goneril, but when he is told that it was the Duke himself who ordered the stocks, he does not say anything, because, at this moment, Regan tells him that she can not receive him now and that he had best return to Goneril, and that in a month's time she herself will receive him, with, however, not a hundred but fifty servants....
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...becoming known (and often distorted). In 1755 he nearly went too far. In an essay called ‘Of the Immortality of the Soul’ (which you will be asked to read later in this course) he cast doubt on a doctrine that was, and is, central to most religions: that we survive the death of our bodies. After consulting with some eminent reviewers, his publisher withdrew the essay...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...students passed their Maths GCSE this year at Longfield High School. 395 passed last year. Approximately how many students passed GCSE Maths over the last two years? Four armchairs cost £595. What is the approximate cost of one armchair? [Described image] Figure 9 How much for one armchair? A box contains 18 pencils. A company orders 50 boxes. Approximately how many...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...become history painters. Female students were not admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. The core of its tuition was the life class, which involved drawing from the naked (male) model, so women were excluded on grounds of modesty.) Second, the subject matter of history paintings was considered to be much more significant than that of the lower genres, on...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...become confident of the new terminology. Don't become over-concerned with every single detail of the information given - you should focus on the underlying ideas and concepts. As well as the course text, you will be using The Life of Mammals book (LoM) and related The Life of Mammals DVDs, as described in the introduction to this course. Before you go any further, watch...
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...become more effective in this role. Then you’ll be asked to watch a series of video clips showing facilitation in action. You’ll meet Alan as he tries to facilitate a meeting of an established group – a chaotic meeting. Next you will listen to a dialogue between Alan and a more experienced facilitator, Lisa, to see how she handled similar situations in the past....
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...becoming less pronounced. La police nationale and la gendarmerie are both police forces, but they serve different government ministries and in theory have different areas of responsibility. In reality, the areas of competence of la police and la gendarmerie often overlap and there have been proposals to merge the two forces. Watch out for faux amis (‘false friends’)...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs