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Cannabis, Consciousness and the Imagination
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cannabis, Consciousness and the Imagination

...concept of imagination Understanding imagination The psychological processes behind your imagination. Creative thinking How artists and scientists think. Linking processes in the brain How does the imagination use linking processes? What is consciousness? Examining the nature of consciousness. Explaining consciousness The difficulties of trying to describe consciousness....
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Rules, rights and justice: an introduction to law
Society, Politics & Law

Rules, rights and justice: an introduction to law

...and its shortcomings. Adoption and donor tracing Adoption lawyers and researchers of assisted conception discuss the rights of artificially-conceived and adopted children and their parents. Freedom of speech A current affairs journalist, a human rights lawyer and an academic debate issues around freedom of speech and to what extent the law should intervene to restrict it....
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Audio 2 hrs 3 mins
Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques
Money & Business

Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques

...concept of adaptability, I considered how I could incorporate minor (size) and major (style) changes via the same mechanism. This led to the development of a 3D printed clip fastening that could be easily detached and reattached by the wearer to adjust the size and style of the garment. It was also hoped that this added interaction and creative control would help to...
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Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...concept to prototype. New Designs: Scooter Designing for the environment: a new designer tests his eco-friendly scooter's market appeal. Folding bike re-invented The creative process that led to the design of the Strida bike Folding bike refined The importance of teamwork when refining a design Folding bike rapidly sketched Sketching as a trigger for creative design. IDEO...
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Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...concept to clinic, is a complex and expensive process involving the work of an escalating number of people and resources over many years. A major component of this cost has been the attrition rate of medicines that reach the development stage but then fail as the result of adverse toxicity or only limited effectiveness against the target disease. In recent years much...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...concept of ‘coloniality of power’ in order to convey the idea that the empire building allowed Western countries to create long-lasting asymmetries of power over the rest of the world based on the idea that European cultures and races were inherently superior to non-European ones. Additionally, coloniality (the cultural assumptions stemming from colonialism) takes...
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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...concepts associated with the study of literacy recognise some of the contested positions in relation to literacy understand issues associated with a global agenda for literacy for all understand that literacy can be seen as a cultural activity and that its significance is historically situated...Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice: 1 Learning as a dynamic,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Emotional intelligence for translators
Languages

Emotional intelligence for translators

...concept of emotional intelligence (EI), raise awareness of different situations where EI can influence translators at work, provide a means to evaluate your EI, and enable the development of effective emotion management and coping skills. This course is £53.59 and open for enrolment at any time. Enrol here. Emotion management courses Emotional intelligence for...
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