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The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...energy which inspired its leaders with a sense of missionary zeal. Those involved in the Revolution believed, initially at least, that the Enlightenment had pointed the way towards political reform and the kind of system in which its principles could be put into practice. Many across Europe shared this enthusiastic belief. The German philosopher Immanuel Kant...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...energy and food costs. Unilever said it would abide by the agency’s decision. The company told Chinese media some months ago that prices would have to rise, but Chinese officials said this had provoked panic buying. The NDRC also said the warning had ‘intensified inflationary expectations among consumers’. China, like other national governments, is battling to...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...energy malnutrition. The staple diet is injeera made from tef, which you saw being harvested earlier. Injeera is typically eaten from a communal plate with a hot lentil sauce and perhaps some stewed vegetables. Meat is only for special occasions in most families. Injeera is highly nutritious, but there often isn’t enough food to go around. Children in particular suffer...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...energy release and is measured by flame length or rate of spread. Severity A measure of the impact of fire on an ecosystem. In forested ecosystems tree mortality is often used as measure of severity; in shrublands the metric is the mortality of above-ground plants. Size Spatial extent of the fire. Pattern Patch size distribution of fire; spatial heterogeneity of fire...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...energies that older people have do not go to waste. As Laslett himself acknowledges, there have always been some healthy and active people in their 70s, 80s and even older. But Laslett is arguing that this is now so common that we need to rethink our expectations about what is likely to happen over the course of someone’s life. Instead of thinking of life as falling...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...energy on pressuring mainstream institutions to change, on winning votes, or on taking over dominant social structures. Rather they work by creating the change they wish to encounter, building and forging new ways of experiencing social and political life. (2014, p. 2) As with the law, equitable ideas often concern private property and how, for example, it is held...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...energy, petrol and food at certain points during these years particularly hit living standards. Figure 2...Week 2: Income, taxation and benefits: 2.1.3 Measuring real incomes - Figure 3 Is your income going up or down in value? Have a go at measuring change in the real value of incomes. Let’s say that your monthly gross income today is £1000. The annual price inflation...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...Energy efficiency schemes were devolved in 2016. Health and social services These areas, including the NHS, funding, health education, health services, medicine, public health and mental health were devolved in 1998. Social work was devolved in 1998. Social security benefits were devolved in 2016. Housing All areas, including policy and building control were devolved in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs