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Archaeology: the science of investigation
Science, Maths & Technology

Archaeology: the science of investigation

...work of conservators at the British Museum. Curating Jordanian artifacts A Tell es-Sa'idiyeh conservator explains the initial approach to preserving artefacts. Conserving coins - a demonstration A conservator explains how careful handling is required when cleaning artefacts. X-raying objects The importance of modern technology in the preservation of an artefact from an...
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Analysing European Romanticism
History & The Arts

Analysing European Romanticism

...works. This discussion explores this intriguingly reflexive and critical approach. Goethe As a benchmark figure of modernity, Goethe maintained an intriguing relationship with the Romantics, from early support and engagement to eventual dismissal and vitriolic attack. Romanticism in France French Romanticism took its philosophical cues from Germany and literary...
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Audio 53 mins
Academic Skills - Key words in essay titles
Education & Development

Academic Skills - Key words in essay titles

...works and so on. Discuss Requires an answer that explains an item or concept, and then gives details about it with supportive information, examples, points for and against, and explanations for the facts put forward. It is important to give both sides of the argument and come to a conclusion. Evaluate/Assess Requires an answer that decides and explains how great, valuable...
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Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...work completely emotionally. I cannot intellectualize about the role of music in film. I decide if it should be there purely by my emotions.’ Jerry Goldsmith, composer for Alien (1979), The Sum of All Fears (2002) and the Star Trek films (1979–2002), quoted in Thomas, T. (1991) Film Score: The Art and Craft of Movie Music, Burbank, CA, Riverwood Press, p. 293. ‘In...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...work through them in any order. Section 1: Careers in languages – some ways you can use the ability to speak other languages in a job or a career. Section 2: Languages and the work environment – an exercise in doing business in a foreign country and a foreign language. Section 3: Studying languages – what it would be like to continue to study languages after...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...work of the True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (PUFin) and its mission to improve personal financial capability, check out the centre's website. The centre, generously funded by True Potential LLP, has a mission to develop teaching and undertake research to help improve public financial capability. This course is intended for those with an...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...Social Development. Levy, B. (2014) Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance and Growth in Development Strategies, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Mähler, A. (2010) ‘Nigeria: a prime example of the resource curse? Revisiting the oil-violence link in the Niger Delta’ (Working Paper No. 120), German Institute of Global and Area Studies [Online]. Available at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
History & The Arts

Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen

...work, Cohen specialized in troubled father-son relationships. His most famous song, ‘Hallelujah’, begins with the paternal relationship between the psalmist King David and the father God he pleases with his ‘secret chord’. Consider ‘Story of Isaac’, from Songs from a Room (1969). This is a pointed retelling of the story from Genesis. God instructs Abraham to...
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