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Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...students become familiar with the combination of interactive computer-marked assignment (iCMA) and tutor-marked assignment (TMA) scores to provide an overall continuous assessment score (OCAS) for a course. Suppose that a student obtains a score of 80 for their iCMAs and a score of 60 for their TMAs. Calculate what this student’s overall continuous assessment score will...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...become familiar with ways of talking about approximate distance to or from a place. LAS RAMBLAS The ramblais an urban feature virtually unique to Catalonia, and there is one in most Catalan towns. Originally, the Rambla of Barcelona was a seasonal river bed, the name deriving from an Arabic word for river bank, ramla. Different sections of the Rambla in Barcelona have...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...become technologically advanced and modern. Such a view of development gives rise to an established perspective that sees a stark divide between the wealthy and powerful ‘developed’ countries of the global ‘North’ and the poorer, marginalised ‘developing’ countries of the global ‘South’. You will explore the arguments for questioning and potentially moving...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...becomes the input to a loudspeaker, the speaker’s cone vibrates back and forth 440 times per second, creating a sound wave that you would hear as the note A. In a perfect world, the sound made by a loudspeaker would be exactly the same as the original sound, with perfect fidelity. In practice, converting the sound to voltages and back to sound is an imperfect process,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring Religion in London
History & The Arts

Exploring Religion in London

...become full to the brim. In fact, we are looking into building a purpose-built facility which could hold up to 5,000, such is the demand from people wanting to visit us to worship. The service officially begins with an opening prayer led by a member of the congregation. This leads into a time of continuous praise and worship. The congregation is led by the choir through...
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Video 30 mins
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...becomes extremely small. It is a process that cannot be studied with the naked eye - or even with a conventional microscope. In principle, a typical raindrop - say, 2 mm across - could be halved in volume 67 times before a single particle that is still recognisably water emerges. The 68th division by two, like the halving of a single cow, would destroy the water. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...become popular with those experiencing financial hardship during the Great Depression. ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, on the other hand, has since become well-known as an anthem for football fans and especially for Liverpool Football Club, whose association with the song since the 1960s intensified after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. V-Discs are therefore a clear...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...become harmful when: the stereotype is so strongly held that it overrides evidence that an individual who belongs to the group does not conform to they start informing how we feel and influencing how we act. Prejudice (how we feel) Prejudice can be defined as attitudes, feelings or judgements about members of other groups. They may be positive or negative, though are...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs