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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...work, and academic development in Higher Education – explored the synergies and differences between how professional learning is framed in rhetoric and reality. What emerged was a rich tapestry of ideas, provocations, and shared tensions that challenge us to reimagine professional learning. What is professional learning? When thinking about professional learning, it is...
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Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...work in international development, at the European Parliament, for Plaid Cymru, and for a renewable energy company. She was also a candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election. In 2024, Smith was appointed to the House of Lords as Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, becoming the youngest member of the House. [Baroness Smith of Llanfaes] Why did you want to become a member...
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What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...working in a particular field and that they offer a particular focus of knowledge. When we consider interdisciplinary learning (and teaching), we are working across boundaries of knowledge and creating new knowledge from various sources. C.P. Snow famously talked of “two cultures” in the sciences and arts with a ‘gulf of mutual incomprehension’ (Snow, 1965)...
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Dutch painting of the Golden Age
History & The Arts

Dutch painting of the Golden Age

...Works by artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch and Jacob van Ruisdael seem to offer a faithful picture of life in the Netherlands at the time. In studying this free course, Dutch painting of the Golden Age, you will discover that there is much more to Dutch painting than meets the eye. You will explore scholarly debates about the possible meanings that might...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
How can languages further your career?
Languages

How can languages further your career?

...work in teaching, translation, or the travel industry. Watch this video to hear how people in many different professions have benefitted from speaking languages. Transcript From an employer's perspective too, there's growing evidence of the impact of language skills. A 2021 report from Aston Business School (comprising a survey of 415 UK Small Medium Enterprises)...
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How can I learn from Who Are We?
Society, Politics & Law

How can I learn from Who Are We?

...work on how to explore questions of identity, citizenship and migration in deep and creative ways. On the website we have documented some of the engagements between artists, academics, activists and participants in the event and beyond. Some of these include media materials and image galleries and short videos, showcasing some of the installations. [Media gallery from Who...
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Blue Planet II - One Ocean: The videos
Science, Maths & Technology

Blue Planet II - One Ocean: The videos

...work that went into producing it... The tusk fish and the tool How do you get into a delicious clam when you have no hands? The tusk fish has a way... And here's cameraperson Alex Vail talking about capturing that behaviour: And y'know, they call them killer whales Orcas use their skills to harvest herring: Turning on the terns Fish-eating birds isn't news. But the giant...
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Year of the Rooster: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rooster: Chinese New Year

...working day. In Chinese astrology, each zodiac year is not just paired with an animal sign, but also one of five elements: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, or Earth. 2017 is a Fire Rooster Year. Babies born in this year will be believed to be trustworthy, punctual and hardworking. Celebrate the new year by dipping into some of our fantastic resources on China and Chinese. Want to...
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