Uncover the literary history of Penshurst Place, the 16th-century home of the Sidney family of writers and poets.

This online course explores the key concepts and fundamental principles involved in the process of screenwriting.

Explore vocabulary teaching strategies and develop your ability to teach vocabulary with this course for teachers and educators.

Discover the fascinating story of author Jane Austen, from her own life in Hampshire to what she means to a global audience today.

Discover effective techniques to analyse unseen poetry and learn about the creative writing process.

Get to grips with Korean philosophy as you dive into Korean history and culture with Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea.

Explore visual culture for children and young people including, picturebooks, comics, film, television and drama

This course introduces data science skills targeting applications in the design, construction, and operations of buildings. You will learn practical coding within this context with an emphasis on basic Python programming and the Pandas library. The building industry is exploding with data sources that...

Build your skills in literary analysis and creative writing by exploring the meaning of fairy tales.

Answer some of the big questions about being human, and get an introduction to the skills needed in the humanities.

Take a journey through the literature of English country houses from the time of Thomas More to Oscar Wilde.

Discover the writer, collector and cultural icon who remains one of Scotland’s most enduring literary legends.

Discover how to convert natural resources into heat, cold and electricity, what the capabilities of renewable systems are, how to match energy supply with buildings’ energy demand, and what that means for energy efficiency and carbon emissions. In this course, you will discover the supply side of buildings...

Discover how building design and occupancy determines the energy demand in buildings and learn how to (re)design low energy buildings. Building design strongly influences the quantity of heating, cooling and electricity needed during building operation. Therefore, a correct thermal design is essential...

Learn about the role of books in the relationship between the cultures of Japan and China, with this free online course.

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Learn how to realize thermally comfortable and healthy buildings and how energy technologies impact comfort. Even in the well-accepted indoor temperature range of 20-24°C (68-75°F), people can experience thermal discomfort. Complaints about the indoor thermal environment are one of the major complaints...

Understand the dynamics of buildings’ thermal behavior and learn how to optimize their design and operation through thermal modeling. Many engineers are puzzled by questions such as: how to shift or reduce peak heating demand to obtain a better match with a smart grid or renewable energy system? What...

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