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Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...2). As examples of composed and improvised musics you might have thought of some of the following: for composed music, most Western art music; as improvised music, jazz and, perhaps, one or more non-Western traditions such as Indian art music. By the end of this free course you will have had an opportunity to think about these assumptions and to re-assess them. The idea,...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...2). Greenblatt finds in the Renaissance or ‘early modern’ period (these terms are used interchangeably in Greenblatt’s work) a new interest in the self and in ‘designating the forming of a self’ (p. 2). Long before the 1980s, the Renaissance had been associated with the cult of the individual and a shift of focus from the after-life of Christian belief to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...2 Case names and citations - [The way in which legal cases are presented] Figure 1 The way in which legal cases are presented Case names are written in a particular style. For example, there is a case report on Muir v Glasgow Corporation 1943 SC (HL) 3, 1944 SLT 60 (HL stands for the House of Lords, then the highest appeal court for civil matters in Scotland). The ‘v’...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...2: Will things stay the same?: Introduction - Last week you explored some key concepts about jobs, professions, industries/businesses and sectors. As a result, you should have a more complete understanding of how your job fits into the parts of the economy most related to the area of your work, or that which you wish to enter – the bigger picture. You also spent some...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German
Languages

Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German

...2. Stefanie Korte 3. die Familie von der Osten 4. Yvonne Zehner 5. Antje Schollweck 6. Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 6 items in each list. Henning Haarhaus Wolf Schmidt Stefanie Korte die Familie von der Osten Yvonne Zehner Antje Schollweck Match each of the previous list items...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...2 and 3 focus on planning. In Session 4 you will look at some of the skills that are useful such as being proactive and advocating for yourself and your family member. Session 5 deals with looking after yourself and provides sources of advice and information. In the final session you will pull your learning together and reflect on the changes you can make to enable you to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...2 What are you hoping to learn? - Anticipations and preconceptions are an important determinant of how people learn, so before you read on, you should record some of what you are experiencing now as you begin the course. [Described image] Figure 2 Delivering information. It’s important to get these impressions noted down now, because new ideas and new impressions will...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...2 study in Engineering...Engineering: The nature of problems: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: view solutions as belonging to particular categories, broadly classified as: innovation by context; innovation by practice; routine see how external factors affect engineering projects, and appreciate the range of engineering involved in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs