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Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...English, refers to it as ‘a vicarious, spontaneous sharing of affect’, also suggesting that in empathy ‘we feel what we believe to be the emotions of others’ (Keen, 2006, p. 208). Psychologists tend to separate out empathy as having elements that are cognitive (i.e. to do with thinking) and elements that are emotional, and tend to view both aspects as being skills...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...English. The name derives from Conmaicne mara, meaning the seaside land of the descendants of Conmac. In Irish legend, Conmac was a son of Fergus Mòr, king of Ulster, and Maedhbh, queen of Connacht.) The largest chaos region on Europa is more than a thousand kilometres across, and the small end of the size spectrum is exemplified by the resurfaced area at D/E-5/6 in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...English by the phrase ‘throwing good money after bad money’. In fact most languages have some equivalent phrase, which probably shows how tempting and widespread this fallacy is! Note that those responsible for previous spending may have a personal incentive to push for further spending to achieve something from a project in order to avoid criticism of their previous...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
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Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...English for Speakers of Other Languages, basic English and Maths, and many specific courses aimed at union officials. In addition, their research department provides research briefings for members covering a range of topics and responds to government consultations on areas related to the interests of its membership. These various services will provide different benefits...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...English, discusses climate change through a different lens, that of a ‘hyperobject’. This idea emphasises the impossible-to-grasp nature of climate change. Hyperobjects are massively extended in time and space, which makes them historically beyond the range of human cognition. Morton says that hyperobjects ‘massively outscale us’ (2013, p. 12). Yet, paradoxically,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...English and Welsh) that give parents information about the importance of tummy time and ideas about how to provide it. Early Years Wales has developed a number of programmes designed to support movement in babies and toddlers. The activity cards below are a part of a wider series. The resources are intended to encourage confident, informed support for young children’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...English term in our context. The Latin word originally referred to the challenge presented to seafarers by a barrier reef and so implied a possible negative outcome. The Arabic word, on the other hand, implies ‘anything that has been given to you (by God) and from which you draw profit’ and has connotations of a potential beneficial outcome. A twelfth-century Greek...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...English caricatures that we find a negative image of Napoleon (see Figure 5). Even after the fall of the empire, French representations are invariably positive, though now they showed him as a tragic hero, suffering in exile on St Helena, as well as continuing to promote the legend of the great leader who combined military genius with fellow-feeling for the common...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs