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Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...English at Edinburgh University, and a strong supporter of education for women. Having been denied access to established medical schools, some British women were determined to found their own training courses. This was quite possible in Britain where there were many private medical schools set up by practitioners. Opinion was divided on the matter among medical women....
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...English, but the course is mainly in French. ...Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema: Introduction - Cinematography first became something the public could enjoy at a screening in Paris in 1895, at the Salon Indien of the Grand Café, Boulevard des Capucines. Since then, cinema has become a crucial part of French culture. In this free course, Upper...
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...English tutor at The Open University, and also as an occasional standup comedian, I've learned a great deal about what it means to be able to present an idea to an audience in a way that's both effective and persuasive. Most people struggle with public speaking and believe they will never be good at it. It can be scary but this course will help boost your confidence....
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...English scientist and monk Roger Bacon were rumoured to have created heads that could talk, dismissed as sacrilegious abominations by their contemporaries. By the late 16th and early 17th centuries, fake talking heads were appearing all over Europe. The novelist Miguel de Cervantes's hero Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza encounter one: The last questioner was...
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...English or Welsh time limitations because of work and family lack of internet access health reasons not knowing anyone who will be there unsure about going out alone after dark dislike of formal meetings fear of being asked to do something fear of an unwelcoming atmosphere worry about what might be said concerning a child fear of being held responsible for a child’s...
Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...English syntax, just as Example 7b makes no sense within the harmonic language of the late eighteenth century. Most musicians would reduce this instinctively, on the basis that one version sounds right and the other sounds wrong. However, there are objective criteria for the reduction, namely the criteria of consonance and dissonance. In Mozart's style, dissonances make...
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...English Riots in the Daily Express Using Moral Panic Theory’, Sociological Research Online, 20(4), pp. 1–10. Olver, K. & Cockbain, E. (2021) ‘Professionals’ Views on Responding to County Lines-Related Criminal Exploitation in the West Midlands, UK’, Child Abuse Review, doi: 10.1002/car.2704 Payne, M. (2009) ‘Modern youth work: purity or common cause?’, in...
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...English Dictionary). This includes looking at variables, factors, and relationships between things, as well as examining ideas and problems, and detecting and analysing arguments. Many essay questions require argument. Skills in manipulating content to make a good argument can make the difference between higher and lower assignment grades. You can start to explore the...