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Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...intelligible, would draw attention to itself in a way that ὁ παῖς καλός does not. The inscription ὁ παῖς καλός is taken from a Greek vase. A number of these so-called ‘καλός inscriptions’ praising youthful beauty survive from the sixth and fifth centuries, with more than 300 found on Athenian vases. The subject of a καλός inscription...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...artificially with an imaginary mentor, but you can still learn from this.) Perhaps you also decided to reveal something from your hidden area to help you get more useful feedback? If this happened to you, then some information will be ready to be moved from your hidden to your open area too. While you are studying Succeed with learning, whenever you get additional...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...intelligence (Smith and Alloy, 2009). It has also been proposed that ‘rumination’ should be differentiated from ‘reflection’. The picture that emerges is therefore a complex one, in which rumination is a multifaceted, multidimensional construct. Although rumination is important in the context of depression, it can be difficult to determine how it can be best...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...intelligence or education this can be particularly sensitive because education is at its heart about learning new things and pushing ourselves to learn new skills. You would be surprised how many people feel like imposters when they study. Complete the following poll to show how many students struggle with confidence issues while studying at university. As you can see...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...artificial dyes (red, green, yellow and blue). One of the most loved Ukrainian traditions is blessing baskets with Easter food in churches late on Saturday and early on Sunday morning, straight after the four-hours long night service. The baskets contain animal-based food from which Orthodox Christians and Greek Catholics try abstaining during Great Lent: ‘paska’...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
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Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...artificially made object used in an artwork, but which has not been designed for that purpose * Ceramics art objects such as figures and tableware made from clay and other raw materials using the process of pottery * Acrylic a fast-drying synthetic paint...Week 3: Art history in the arts and humanities: References - BBC News (2004) Have your say, 31 May [Online]....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...intelligent’ and ‘indifferent’ (Maccoby and Martin 1983), and ‘intrusive’ and ‘inconsistent’ parenting (Feinstein et al. 2008). Policy-endorsed norms for parenting appear to favour authoritarian or intrusive types of parenting (Churchill and Clarke, 2010) in that the ideal parent is one who monitors and controls their children, whereas the duty to assist...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...intelligence tests than their single-language counterparts, reinforcing the popular view of the time that speaking two languages ‘confuses the minds of children’. This research is now regarded as unreliable for a number of reasons, but chiefly because it failed to take account of the socio-economic backgrounds of the young people tested. A major research project...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs