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Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity and Health

This course provides a general introduction to the field of medicinal plants. The course is taught over five days and will help participants to answer questions relating to the following topics:1. Why some plants have medicinal uses.2. History of the use of medicinal plants.3. Diversity in plant

English Language Summer School

Enhance English Language skills in a friendly, fun, activity-based environment under the guidance of qualified native English-speaking teachersWeek 1: July 20-24, 2015Week 2: July 27-31, 2015Week 3: August 3-7, 2015Students may attend for one, two or three weeks.Daily from 8:45%E2%80"16:00 Course

Systematic Creativity - TRIZ Basics

Core content: why modern economy is innovation driven and what part of innovation is the invention. Course leader Contact person of the LUT Summer School: Mrs. Veronika Kojo, summerschool@lut.fi. Target group Final-year Bachelor's and Master's students with background knowledge in technology and

Policy Design and Evaluation

This summer school is offered by Central European University co-sponsored by Budapest Institute and the WWWforEurope consortium. The course covers several facets and methods of public policy, with an introduction to quantitative evaluation of policy interventions. First, the interest of the

Constitution-building in Africa

History has seen several waves of constitution-building in the 20th century with an unparalleled boom starting in the 1990ies after the fall of the Berlin wall. And while experts recently announced the end of this boom in new constitutions after the Cold War, the world is witnessing another wave of

Project Lab - From an idea to project proposal

Projects are everywhere %E2%80" in construction and software engineering, in science, medicine, public administration, NGOs and in education. Today, it is a common way for organizations of all sizes and profiles to carry out different types of unique and temporary tasks. The major employers of

Art Deco, Cubism and Surrealism: British Art, Style and Design

This module focuses on the emergence and development of %E2%80%98modernist%E2%80%99 styles in the British arts between 1900 and 1939 analysing design features that eptomise syles such as art deco, cubism and surrealism.The module is object-oriented and will include several field trips to museums

Issues in International Security

Security was conventionally considered in terms of protecting a sovereign territory through armed force. In this light, the state and its survival were the central maxims. However, over the last two decades, new sources of (in-) security have become the focus for both academics and policy makers,

Storytelling Tallinn: Photostory. Animation. TV-news.

We invite you to discover Tallinn and form your impressions into animations, photostories and TV-news. During the five days the participants will receive a quick introduction on how to develop their ideas into creative stories and learn more about storytelling and different expressions of the same