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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...English Italy has many different kinds of bread, cakes and baked goods, which reflect the regional and cultural diversity of the 20 regions. Typical of Emilia Romagna is the piadina, a type of unleavened flatbread which goes back to ancient times and is cooked on a griddle or testo. Some Sicilian cakes go back to the period of Arab domination in Sicily, like cassata,...
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Activity 10 mins
Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...everyday life events. So when service providers draw on medical knowledge and experience to offer some certainty and in one way to quantify the dying experience, it can be difficult to challenge. Indeed, there is a tension between wanting certainty and hoping for things to be different. Campaigner and mother of three Jane Tomlinson was diagnosed with terminal cancer in...
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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

...everyday life. There are many differing opinions about law and the purpose of legal systems. We'll take just a few examples here, and we'd like you to think about these as you progress through your studies. Aristotle is often quoted as saying that "law is reason free from passion," but he went on to say that "whereas law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...English-speaking parents. In addition, I also learned a small number of Spanish words and phrases, as my father was born and grew up in Chile and would occasionally use Spanish expressions at home. My mother is from an Irish and Scottish family, so I also learned many Irish and Scottish expressions and used these regularly. While we occasionally ate South American food...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...English-speaking people refer to as ‘religion’ has no equivalent term in many other cultures and languages. Tisa Wenger (2022, p. 3), an American historian of religion, also argues that the word ‘religion’ is a product of specific European histories and has never been a comfortable fit for Indigenous knowledges and traditions. You might be wondering, then, what...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...everyday life itself. Neither of these forms of evidence is better or more useful than the other, indeed they often complement one another, but they need to be used appropriately in terms of the question being asked and the claim being made. So let's look now at both quantitative and qualitative evidence in turn, demonstrating how each can be read and understood...Reading...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...everyday’ character. Works by artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch and Jacob van Ruisdael seem to offer a faithful picture of life in the Netherlands at the time. In studying this free course, Dutch painting of the Golden Age, you will discover that there is much more to Dutch painting than meets the eye. You will explore scholarly debates about the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...English word ‘religion’. However, their world was populated by numerous figures they both recognised and worshipped as divinities. Among these figures was Amphiaraos, an ancient Greek hero who was later worshipped as a god and popularly associated with healing through the medium of dreams. But there was no sacred book (like those which exist in many religions today)...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs