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Health, Sports & Psychology
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
In this free course, doping (performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs) is used as an example of how contemporary issues in sport might be studied. Doping is used to illustrate how you can think about the debates involved in an issue and this will help you develop appropriate skills to discuss other contemporary issues in sport.
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Society, Politics & Law
How do you become US President?
Americans have been voting for their next president in the US elections, but how do you become US president? Dr Richard Heffernan has some advice on the mechanics of the system.
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
Happy Year of the Snake! Learn more about what this year means and how to say some traditional New Year greetings to celebrate.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?
This article explores how Veganuary’s growth has sparked a global shift toward veganism, changing consumption habits and raising awareness about animal rights.
Traitor or Faithful? Could you spot a liar? Or a murderer?
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Society, Politics & Law
Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?
Some money has been stolen - everyone denies taking it but some people are lying. Can you work out who is telling the truth and who is being dishonest? Find out in our interactive...
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History & The Arts
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
In this free course you’ll examine one of Agatha Christie’s most significant works, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and explore the evolution of British detective fiction in relation to Christie’s background, literary modernism and the development of middlebrow fiction.
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History & The Arts
To lie or not to lie?
A lie’s a lie, right? But what if it wasn’t that simple? This game makes you think about your moral responses to different lies
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
In this course, you’ll explore the way suspects are dealt with during a police investigation and learn about how psychology can help the police with their enquiries.
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