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Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...English Dictionary. Click below to view the four images refered to in the exercise. a207_7exercise.pdf3.3MB PDF document Discussion Holland's Marine Pavilion is notably symmetrical in conception. The original farmhouse has vanished into the left-hand wing of the new structure, which is now mirrored by an identical right-hand wing with matching bays. The composition is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...English syntax and you say to them, ‘What contemporary poets have you read?’ and they haven’t read any. So I, I’d say that that was very important. And to go to readings, to go and hear people read; there’s a huge amount of literary festivals now all over the place that they could go and hear live poetry readings, because hearing a poet read their own work gives...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...English Literature Part 1....Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction: Introduction - English Literature reached new mass audiences in Britain in the first decades of the twentieth century, as widespread literacy, and a lack of competition from other media – cinema and radio were in their infancy – encouraged commercial diversification and the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...English Two A-levels (post-16 higher examination) or equivalent Certificate or Diploma in Management Qualification certificates Membership of professional body Membership of professional institute Documentation Experience, training and skills Five years’ experience in purchasing Ten years’ experience in purchasing Curriculum vitae (CV) Two years’ experience of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Children’s wellbeing and creativity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Children’s wellbeing and creativity

...English Dictionary) Wellbeing can be understood as how people feel and how they function, both on a personal and social level, and how they evaluate their lives as a whole. (New Economics Foundation 2012) Wellbeing is not just the absence of ill health. It includes the way that people feel about themselves and their lives. (NHS England 2022) Activity 2 Definitions of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum

...English Common Law is not affected. For a few commercial and industrial purposes there is need for Community Law. But our criminal law, trial by jury, presumption of innocence remain unaltered. So do our civil rights. See a pdf of the Yes leaflet Embed from Getty Images We know how Basil Fawlty voted According, at least, to The Germans episode of Fawlty Towers: May I say...
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Video 2 hrs
Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...English maintained schools aged 15 who progress to Higher Education by the age 19. Around 14 per cent of pupils in our dataset were eligible for and claiming free school meals. The arguments for changing the core measure broadly were twofold. Firstly, there have been ongoing concerns with the quality of the socio-economic class variable that underpinned the FYPSEC...
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Article 5 mins
Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...English has already taken precedence as lingua franca, followed by I believe 3 other ‘strong’ languages – Arabic, Mandarin and Spanish. On the other hand my interest in language comes from a background in comparative literatures, from being an ‘integrated foreigner’ and also coming from a mixed culture family and an awareness (that will be familiar to you) that...
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