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Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...writings, which are discussed in detail...This free course, Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations, considers some of the different ways of reading Great Expectations, based on the type of genre the book belongs to. This is one of the most familiar and fundamental ways of approaching literary texts. The novel broadens the scope of study of a realist novel, in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...writing made available in such locations to realise the appeal of fiction. Take a few moments to think about Why we read fiction? What do we hope to gain from reading stories about imagined events that happen to imaginary people? Robert DiYanni begins his impressively wide-ranging study Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay (1997) with the following...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...writings and assesses their historical significance. In particular, it examines the contribution that Evangelicalism, the religious tradition to which Wilberforce belonged, made in the transitions between the Enlightenment and Romanticism. Throughout it relates Wilberforce's career and writings to wider social and cultural developments in Britain, with special regard for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...write about it. This certainly applies to the topic of learning. This course will introduce you to some of the theories about the ways in which we learn. When you are studying, it is generally a good idea to read about what other people have already thought about the subject, to help you develop your own opinion in an informed way. If you are not used to reading about...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...Write the words in the box below. Try to think of words that would be relevant in a workplace context. Here’s a selection to get you started. Honest, creative, diligent, trustworthy, positive, innovative, organised, empathetic, effective, accurate, detailed, questioning, friendly, problem solver, supportive, dedicated, reliable, ambitious, flexible, thorough, focused....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...write whole numbers and decimals in place-value columns and compare their sizes multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100, 1000 and so on indicate given fractions on a diagram and find equivalent fractions for a given fraction mark numbers on a number line choose appropriate units for a given purpose...Numbers, units and arithmetic: 1 The size of numbers -...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
David Bowie and science fiction
History & The Arts

David Bowie and science fiction

...London Falling, New Worlds and its writers were part of the make-up of Swinging London, and, under the influence of psychedelic drugs, bands such as Pink Floyd (of which Bowie was a fan) were taking sf imagery into their work. As with so much else in the late twentieth century, it will be impossible to write the history of sf without mentioning Bowie. More on David Bowie...
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Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women
History & The Arts

Election days: 1908 - Churchill challenged by the women

...writes from the office of the National Women's Social and Political Union: "Except that we regard it as a sign that our campaign against the Government is having its effect, we attach no value to Mr. Churchill's assertion that he will use his influence with the Government in the interests of women's suffrage. "Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is in favour of 'votes for...
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