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Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...concept of ‘simplicity’ is not a simple matter. We saw earlier in the course that the simplicity of folk-song is not the same as classical simplicity, though both influenced the taste of Lieder writers. ‘Heidenröslein’ and ‘Wandrers Nachtlied’ are simple in quite different ways, both in their poetry and in their music. Many other songs by Schubert are much...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...concepts in more depth. All my own work: exploring academic integrity is divided into three main sessions. In the list below, you’ll see the suggested amount of time needed for each. Session 1: Exploring the concepts of ethics, trust and academic community, i.e. the ‘why’ behind the importance of producing your own work. You will cover the following topics: What is...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...concept of a fire regime and its influence on the type and distribution of organisms that occur in fire prone ecosystems. It also looks at some of the adaptations of plants that have evolved in these ecosystems and how animals either avoid or exploit the consequences of fire as a natural disturbance. Finally it examines how fire can increase biodiversity by generating a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introducing relational care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing relational care

...concept and headline benefits of relational care and what contributes to its practice. A toolkit, ‘Making every relationship matter’, developed from research (Larkin et al., 2023) and available as part of this course will give you the knowledge, motivation and confidence to apply what you have learnt about relational care in your own care settings. During the course...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...concepts and ideas demonstrate developed literacy, numeracy, and digital and information literacy skills...Introducing ageing: 1 Thinking about your own ageing - We are all ageing from the moment we are born and most of us will be old one day. Particular events often make people suddenly aware of their own ageing – round number birthdays, for example, the first grey...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...concepts from economics such as 'supply chains' or 'value added' to answer them. The course will be described using data. You should think about key numbers and data which help constructing evidence of how a t-shirt is produced, from raw cotton to our wardrobe...This free course, Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts, aims to describe what goes into making and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...conception of the human being, freedom and the ‘Other’ develop your ability to analyse modern philosophical texts develop your critical skills by evaluating philosophical ideas...Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution: 1 Freedom and women: Simone de Beauvoir - Simone de Beauvoir and her partner, the existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, shared not only...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...concept of a value chain to a personal working context, whilst acknowledging much more complex interrelationships within the organisation...Commercial awareness: 1 Understanding your organisation and how it creates value - There are good reasons why you should not stop your investigation at the edge of the organisation, but continue to zoom in through organisational...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs