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Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...class upbringing. After serving in the Trinidadian Navy, Selvon worked on newspapers and literary magazines in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He moved to England in 1950, to avoid ‘being lulled into complacency and acceptance of the carefree and apathetic life around me’ (Selvon in Nasta and Rutherford, 1995, p. 58). [Described image] Figure 1 Carnival spectators watching...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...feedback, even from people you do not know. Keeping yourself safe online and looking after your ‘digital’ mental health is important. We will look at this later in the course, and in the Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion course within this toolkit...Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration: 2.1 Developing your personal brand - Having thought about...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...de trous dans ses études. German: Sie sagt: „Es gibt einen Unterschied“. Spanish: La recuerdo bien. Estaba en la Plaza, embarazoda de mi primer Hiba de 6 messe, Juan Pablo...Session 1: Reflecting on machine translation and language learning: 3 The benefits and limitations of OMT for language learning and teaching - Using OMT for language learning and teaching has...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...la question de l’école dite Italogreque’, in Μνημόσυνον Σ. Αντωνιάδη (Venice), p. 169–211. Chaztidakis, M. (1977) ‘La peinture des ‘madonneri’ ou ‘vénetocrétoise’ et sa destination’, in H.-G. Beck, M. Manoussakas, and A. Pertusi (eds.) Venezia centro di mediazione tra oriente e occidente (secoli XV–XVI). Aspetti e problemi, vol....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...class, cultural, generational). Discussing key issues that in research and thinking about food, including how policies tackling obesity are framed, it draws across work from Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology to challenge the rhetoric of 'healthy choices' and consider why it's essential to go beyond the individual to understand systems and environments that...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...La Mort. Being a true rock legend is undoubtedly a more glamorous and rebellious career than that of an academic. However, both pursuits require creativity and the channelling of different ideas and sources. So, I will turn to my desk to write, just like Bowie sighs and sings I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision - Sound And Vision Transcript...
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Article 5 mins
Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...Perspective on Possible Future Directions. Adolescent Res Rev 5, 77–89 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-019-00119-9 Wittberg RA, Northrup KL, Cottrell LA. Children's aerobic fitness and academic achievement: a longitudinal examination of students during their fifth and seventh grade years. Am J Public Health. 2012;102(12):2303-2307. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300515...
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Article 10 mins
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...feedback client or customer feedback. A key part of this is collecting evidence from a variety of sources so that you can see how different people or organisations rate your strengths and weaknesses. This can be useful when it comes to recognising either unrealistically high or unnecessarily low estimations of your own abilities. You should also consider sources from...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs