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Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...laws. Leone Ginzburg was arrested and killed by the Fascists in 1944 and in the 1950s Natalia remarried and returned to Rome, where she began her most prolific period of writing. Among her best-known works are Lessico famigliare (1963), an account of her childhood through her family’s sayings and phrases, and the play Ti ho sposato per allegria (1965). Ginzburg wrote...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...law to bear, ensuring not only that justice is done, but also that it is seen to be done. But what kind of justice? [Described image] Figure 9 The local environment has become blighted by anti-social behaviour While most people are familiar with the idea of legal sanctions applied through the courts, there are of course other ways to approach justice. In the course...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...laws and policies must have public support. It is desirable, therefore, to have some idea of what the public thinks about an issue before regulation is finalised. Consultation is based on establishing the nature of a socially collective view that we call ‘public opinion’. The main means of establishing public opinion with at least some degree of confidence is the...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...laws, rules, practices and behaviours). * Stakeholders Individuals and groups that have an interest and involvement in the innovation process and its outcomes. * System innovations The introduction of a new or improved sociotechnical system in response to technological and social change that fulfils a societal and/or economic function (based on OECD, 2015). This involves...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...law and say ‘these things have got to be done, or these are my expectations’ and I think you can do that, but still show your human side and still become a person that they can have a relationship with and that they can develop some trust with and I think if you have that really good sense of trust and understanding of each other then actually they will do pretty much...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...Law Enforcement Training, found that successful change processes in policing have several factors in common (Christe-Zeyse, 2013): They are usually originated from within the police The need for the change can be expressed in police terms Good leadership is critical. Whatever changes you and your organisation experience, the chances are that they will lead to a degree of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...law and injustice, poverty and survival. These black musicians were rooted in segregated and economically depressed areas whether in rural agricultural communities or overcrowded city slums and their life experiences were often harrowing. They had to deal with poverty, hunger, lack of employment, political marginalisation and unjust judicial systems. Imagery in the lyrics...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...law. Unfortunately, this trend cannot continue indefinitely, because one of the main ways that these improvements are realised is by shrinking the size of the circuit elements. Improving the algorithms is the second possibility. The power of an algorithm can be expressed by stating how the ‘run-time’ which is the number of steps required to implement the algorithm,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs