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Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...business. It's the leading disability worldwide, and people die of it every day. One of the people I talked to when I was trying to understand this was a beloved friend who I had known for many years, and who had had a psychotic episode in her freshman year of college and then plummeted into a horrific depression. She had bipolar illness, or manic depression, as it was...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...busy, these stories can sometimes be reduced down to headlines, titles or very small snippets during conversations with colleagues or learners. Allowing ourselves the time and space to go beyond these headlines (and five minutes can sometimes feel like a very long time) allows us to immerse ourselves in a broader view of practices. This breadth is critical to appreciative...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...Business School...Week 2: Travelling from star birth to star death: Introduction - Last week, you looked at the constellation of Orion, and named its brightest stars. At the start of Week 2, you’ll dive straight in and find out what a star actually is, how they form and their lifecycle, then travel more deeply into Orion and study those stars. The following video, which...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...business of criminology, for example to suggest that, although shocking and socially harmful, they are ‘unavoidable’. Zemiologists, however, may examine the context surrounding a ‘natural disaster’, the underlying reasons why harm results from such ‘natural’ events, and how this links to inequalities between social groups. This may result in a finding that the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...business-class seat (courtesy of Reuters News Agency) into a cold and wintery England, leaving behind the warmth of my native Fiji. The cold of England was, however, warmed with English hospitality … … As I got into the car for Oxford University, it finally dawned on me that I was now in England, a country which had not only existed in my history and geography school...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...business, might not be transferable, for example to sport (Wagstaff et al., 2017). In simple terms, resilience is ‘the ability to use personal qualities to withstand pressure’ (Fletcher and Sarkar, 2016, p. 136). In the sporting context, resilience relates to an athlete’s ability to manage daily stressors, where stressor is defined as ‘the environmental demands...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Nine days' wonder in York
History & The Arts

Nine days' wonder in York

...business-like?" I pursued. "Well, I shouldn't like to say that, sir. But—they seem rather harder, sir; at least, judging from what I see of them in York, sir. Rather harder, sir." We remained not the less friends with that mystery between us; and I bought my last melon of him on my last morning, when the early September had turned somewhat sharply chill. That turn made...
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Article 10 mins
Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
History & The Arts

Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

...business of the First World War. More than all else, it had to expiate the shame of capitulation in 1918. What’s crucial to note, then, is this: for Hitler, the Second World War was revenge for the First. As a second world war loomed, Hitler returned to the connection with the Jews in the infamous ‘prophecy’ he first made on 30 January 1939. He said: ‘If...
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Audio 45 mins