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Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...central Edinburgh – the architecturally significant medieval and early Renaissance ‘Old Town’ and the Georgian ‘New Town’ – were included in the World Heritage List. Capital of Scotland since the fifteenth century, Edinburgh's unique character, a result of its particular combination of medieval fortress city and eighteenth-century neoclassical Georgian city,...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...central verses each use the same structure to carry their narrative. A man meets an elephant, makes an observation using his senses (‘happening to fall/Against his broad and sturdy side’), tries to understand his observation by interpreting it in terms of his previously acquired knowledge (‘the Elephant/Is very like a wall!’) and then communicates his...
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...central to Religious Education in schools. [MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR What is your view of the world? How do you see things? What makes you who you are? On what do you base your decisions? Why did you react like that? Do you believe in God or a higher power? Or do you see the world as a cocktail of chance and accident? Everyone has a worldview, whether religious or not....
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...central theme to your study in this course is the idea of ‘equality’ and how we consider achieving ‘equity’ in education and what this means to different people in different places and at different times. Notions of equality in education are not fixed but shift over time and place. The particular meaning ascribed to the concept of equality and how equity can be...
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...central to the formation of realist fiction, became mapped onto stories of the thoughts and adventures of childhood. Most of the earlier authors working within the autobiographical sub-genre chose to tell their story from the perspective of the adult, rather than as if it were spoken by the child or adolescent. The latter could not be expected to express feelings or...
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...central argument from that of Walzer. Before any war has begun, combatants have voluntarily waived their right not to be killed: they have made themselves liable to attack by joining up. How might McMahan respond? McMahan argued that material non-innocence was not enough to establish the moral equality of combatants, we also had to look at the broader picture. If someone...
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...central figure's apron and then to her face. After this, I followed her arm down to the figure sitting on the red chair and then had a look around the items on the table in front of this figure. My attention was caught once more by the figure in the centre but then I noticed the shadows on the wall. After looking at these my eye was drawn to the two figures on the right...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...central components of effective learning development and will help make things more intelligible and pertinent to you...Developing good academic practice: 1.2 Demonstrating your academic abilities - So why is it important to always demonstrate a true reflection of your academic abilities to your tutor and others? One argument is that this allows your university to grade...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs