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Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?

...de Nations]UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan at a press conference, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Candidates for the position must be exceptional, possessing the appropriate skills and abilities, a reputation for upholding ‘the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity’ and a commitment to the principles of the UN’s Charter – the...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...de the / A PE / LE i a / DEO akh i / LE OS. You might have been able to hear that there was a change in the middle of the line. The third foot has been replaced with a spondee. So in the first line of the Iliad, we have two dactyls: Menin aeide the-. One spondee: -A pe-. Two more dactyls: -leia deo akhi-. And a final spondee: -leos. If you go back and listen to the Greek...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...modes of meaning – e.g. images, pointing and gesture? These three variables form a spectrum of possibilities which in SFL is called a mode continuum. At one end of this spectrum, face-to-face conversation would normally be spontaneous and interactive, and the verbal language used would normally be accompanied by physical gestures. In many cases, language might be taking...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...de Lecea at the Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, and colleagues published a paper describing two novel brain peptides. They gave them the name ‘hypocretins’ – an elision of hypothalamus (where they were found) and secretin (a gut hormone with a similar structure). They appeared to be chemical messengers acting exclusively inside the brain. Just weeks later, a...
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Article 15 mins
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...de rigueur, whereas staying with a company for over three years becomes more acceptable with age. As employees hit the content and loyal period (55 plus), they are at their happiest in terms of working life. People have progressed to a level they are content with, or are resigned to the fact they may not go further, and so are less focused on getting ahead. The highest...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...de trous dans ses études. German: Sie sagt: „Es gibt einen Unterschied“. Spanish: La recuerdo bien. Estaba en la Plaza, embarazoda de mi primer Hiba de 6 messe, Juan Pablo...Session 1: Reflecting on machine translation and language learning: 3 The benefits and limitations of OMT for language learning and teaching - Using OMT for language learning and teaching has...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...de Saint Gelais (1468–1502) (Tous les regretz and Tous nobles cuers), set here by La Rue, were written to console the young Margaret following her dismissal from the French court in 1493 – she had been resident there since 1483 during her betrothal to Charles VIII of France, but he renounced the engagement and instead married Anne, Duchess of Brittany. The theme of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...de couleur) to describe others: this reflects the different contemporary social and political experiences of the people they discuss. In the session on human ‘zoos’, Dr Suki Haider describes Sarah Baartman as Khoikhoi – a term to describe one of the Khoe-speaking polities in South Africa, and much more accurate than the pejorative colonial designation of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs