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Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...account. First, this summary has been stitched together from a wide range of sources. Versions of the Troy story don’t just appear in Homer: we have other literary sources, including fragments of rival epic poems about the war (one called the Cypria narrated its beginning, another called the Sack of Troy its end); a poem about the origins of the cosmos under Zeus’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...accounts of shamans, depicted by the Dutch statesman Nicolaes Witsen (1641–1717). The word ‘shaman’ comes from the Evenki word šaman or xaman, which can loosely be translated into ‘agitated’, ‘excited’ or ‘raised’ (Znamenski, 2007, p. viii). Evenki are a Tungusic-speaking people of North Asia, whose lands currently stretch across the nation states of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...account the transportation costs. There is enough energy coming from the sun but if you capture it all as in Dyson spheres it would support ten to the 22nd power human beings. So that is presently our population is about ten to the 10th human being. So this would be ten to the 12th. That’s a million million times, not a million million more people but a million million...
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Video 30 mins
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...account of these dimensions in science decision-making. Matthew came to the Royal Society following a two-year stint as a Research Fellow at the ESRC Genomics Research and Policy Forum, University of Edinburgh, leading a work package on social and ethical aspects of animal genomics. Before that, he completed a PhD at Cardiff University investigating the nature and role of...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...account of the way that people develop feelings. For many people of Black and minority ethnic origin in white-majority spaces, racial background has been used to highlight variation from the norm resulting in them having to navigate isolating, humiliating, ridiculing and demeaning circumstances over the breadth of a lifetime. Harrison & Tanner, (2018, p. 4) aptly use the...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...account the preferences and desires of patients and acknowledges and respects their cultural background. Person-centred care is a related term (commonly used in the UK) but generally refers to the whole person (going beyond the narrow focus on their symptoms and treatment) and advocates a holistic approach to care which requires acknowledgement of wider social,...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...account of supporting your relationship with the recipient, is important in developing clarity and trust. In this case the proposed action is framed as a suggestion and gives the recipient, Shamela, some choice as to how to proceed. Also notice how the message begins and ends in an upbeat, positive tone. Communicative features such as the clarity, positive tone and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...accounts for both? One example might be LinkedIn. Activity 4 Using social media for professional purposes Timing: 10 minutes If you use social media/networking for both professional and personal use, how much thought do you give to the impact a personal post might have on your professional brand? Does your post adhere to your organisational guidelines and policies? Take...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs