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Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...children in poverty to speak about their experiences as they actually were. And I think just that one documentary punctured a lot of myths that lots of people had, simply because their only interaction with people living in poverty was these grotesque caricatures, not just in the media but fanned by popular comedies such as Little Britain, looking at Vicky Pollard, you...
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Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...centring, whether you didn’t. The dome strikes you immediately because it has this oculus at the centre, no other source of light, so that gives it this mystical, transcendental quality: you only see the clouds through it or the moon and the stars. You get no views of normal things, so it’s got this inevitable cosmic reverberation about it. And the light changes...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...children, soldiers, tax officers, Debt, and drudgery Complete for him this image of misfortune. He calls on Death, who comes without delay, Asking what is required. ‘I want you’, he says, ‘to help me Reload this wood. Then you can go.’ Death cures all; But let us not hurry things along. Sooner to suffer than to die, That is the maxim of men. (Fontaine, 1946, pp....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...centre on the estuary in terms of managing the environment for human needs and the needs of the other species who make their habitat there...Coastal environments are by their nature ever-changing. This free course, Managing coastal environments, looks at the example of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England, describing how the current state of the estuary came to be. It...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...children and 5 kg for infants, p = fraction of the TDI allocated to drinking water, C = daily drinking water consumption (2 litres for adults, 1 litre for children, 0.75 litre for infants). Toxicological information is usually found within the Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for commercial chemicals on the websites of chemical suppliers such as Fisher Scientific or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...children and high school students. King hoped to provoke a reaction that would play into the hands of the civil rights movement. He succeeded. The Birmingham police led by Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor – known by reputation to be virulently racist – responded aggressively, blasting protestors with water cannons and unleashing dogs upon them. Images of small children being...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...centre of the dialogue with different stakeholders. [Described image] Figure 4 The people involved in producing a design The role that these types of people play – designer, client, and user – can often overlap and, especially for design students, be the same person. Generally, however, these will be different people or groups of people. There are, of course, other...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...Research Establishment (BRE) https://bregroup.com Centre for Alternative Technology https://cat.org.uk Energy Saving Trust https://energysavingtrust.org.uk National Energy Foundation https://nef.org.uk Passivhaus Trust https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/ Superhomes https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/...Energy in buildings: End-of-course quiz - Finally check your...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs