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Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...et Veneris sub Hadriano in urbe factum (under Hadrian the Temple of Roma and Venus was made in the city [of Rome]: Mommsen, Chron. Min. ii, p. 142), and the same is repeated by Jerome for 131 (Jerome, Chron. p. 200 h.). Jerome’s date is unlikely, as Hadrian was out of Rome that year,Footnote 90 and even Cassiodorus’ seems too early, given the brick stamp of 134 found...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...et al., 2012)...Session 3: Human rights and immigration law: 5 UK immigration law, the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international treaties - Aside from the ECHR there are a number of other international instruments that are relevant to immigration law, including: 1951 Refugee Convention, discussed below Citizen’s Rights Directive (EU) – Directive 2004/38 EC (also...
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...et cetera, we've seen some excellent uses of how that's impacted and empowered the University as well. And if I can draw on the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, they're a really good example of where you've got a really clear digital strategy and how that can have that really great impact across that institution. So, what they did is they initially took again our...
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...et al., 1987). A second point to remember is that the names of places in the ancient world are usually different from place names in the modern world. So, for example, the site believed to be Troy is at the modern place called Hissarlik. In other cases, the modern name is recognisably related to the ancient name, so the modern Greek place name Sparti is the site of...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...et al., 2000, p. 35). For others, heterosexual marriage is a happy ending, with Rosalind’s ‘holiday’ wooing by (and of) Orlando a necessary part of the development of her relationship. In an Elizabethan performance, the complexity of the represented action was more extreme than it seems in most performances today, as the part of Rosalind would have been taken by a...
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...et al. (1990) Complete Guide to Trees and Their Identification, MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Limited. All other written material contained within this course originated at the Open University Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and...
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...et al., 2007, p. 40). Much of what motivates the involvement of the state and other organisations in heritage is related to the economic potential of heritage and its connections with tourism. The relationship between heritage and tourism is examined later in this course, but it would be remiss to neglect a mention here of the economic imperative of heritage for...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Як почати навчання онлайн
Education & Development

Як почати навчання онлайн

...et al., 2012) and The Cambridge History of the First World War (Winter, 2014). Анніка Тож, Вінсе, наше сьогоднішнє завдання — спробувати дізнатися, скільки людей загинуло під час Першої світової війни. Це не саме просте завдання, чи не так?...