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Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...de Dieu by Maître François, between 1475 and 1480 CE. That is not all. This is also a story about Herodotus’ brand of history. At first glance, this episode, on which Herodotus leads on seems curiously trivial, even gossipy. Yet by taking us into the bedroom Herodotus promises insight into power dynamics that have repercussions for an entire kingdom and beyond. Much...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...de France. He was Chief Economist at the World Bank, 2000-2003, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994-1999. He was Head of the UK Government Economic Service 2003-7, and produced the landmark Stern Review on the economics of climate change. He was knighted for services to economics in 2004 and made a cross-bench life peer as Baron Stern of...
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Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...de-icing project, we might include: ‘Operators shall be able to generate a de-icing schedule after one day’s training’. This is a testable statement because it is straightforward to see whether or not the operators are indeed able to generate a schedule after just one day’s training (Robertson and Robertson, 2006). Activity 5 Assume you are drawing up the...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...de la Cité (Figure 1). Construction began in 1163 and was not finished until 1345, a total of 182 years. It is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in the world. Particularly outstanding are its flying buttresses (the external stone arches supporting the main body of the church), its large and brightly coloured stained-glass rose windows, and its famous...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...of unsatisfactory features. It showed up again in 1924 in the doctoral thesis of Louis de Broglie (1892-1987), who suggested that entities which are normally thought of as particles, such as electrons, actually have a wave-like aspect to their behaviour. Einstein, Bohr and de Broglie all received Nobel Prizes in recognition of their work. These early developments were strikingly out of step with ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Mathemateg bob dydd 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathemateg bob dydd 1

...de. Mae hwn yr un peth â 5 mililitr (ml). [Described image] Ffigur 26 Llwy de I fesur meintiau mwy, mae’n debyg y byddech yn defnyddio jwg mesur o ryw fath. Yn aml mae jygiau mesur wedi’u labelu â mililitrau, yn arbennig rhai newydd, a gallant ddod mewn meintiau gwahanol: gall rhai fesur hyd at 500 ml o hylif ac eraill hyd at 1 litr (1 000 ml). Gall rhai ddal mwy...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...de Bergerac turns up in a Glasgow bedsit. Anything's possible in Glasgow today. That's what the new Glasgow fiction says. SEANDAMER I have tried to show that the labelling of Glasgow as a dangerous place in the nineteenth and twentieth century derives from a complex of economic, political and social processes which can only be unpacked by historical analysis. These...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...de mentionner la décision dans la fameuse cause anglaise de M’Allister (or Donoghue) v. Stevenson (1932), A.C. 562, où la Chambre des pairs a décidé que, selon le droit écossais ou anglais, dans le cas d’aliments vendus par le manufacturer à un distributeur dans des circonstances qui empêchent le distributeur, ou l’ultimate acheteur ou consommateur, de...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs