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Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...busy setting such as a party we are swamped by simultaneous sounds – people in different parts of the room all talking at the same time. An analogous situation for the visual system would be if several people wrote superimposed messages on the same piece of paper, and we then attempted to pick out one of the messages and read it. Because that kind of visual...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...business as usual, CO2 emissions are not even slowing down, they’re accelerating and will accelerate at least for the next 20, 30 years and there’s no end in sight, particularly now that we’re swimming in energy. RH: What’s the GWPFs position on climate science as it stands? BP: We don’t have a position; we are very broad church. and If we have a position it’s...
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Leo Tolstoy on King Lear
History & The Arts

Leo Tolstoy on King Lear

...business and divide his kingdom between his daughters. In order to know how much he should give to each daughter, he announces that to the one who says she loves him most he will give most. The eldest daughter, Goneril, says that words can not express the extent of her love, that she loves her father more than eyesight, space, and liberty, loves him so much that it "makes...
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Article 15 mins
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...business performance. CalPERS CEO, Ann Stausboll, recently took part in that New York City roundtable. And she's here to fill us in on what was shared at the event. Ann, welcome back to Insight. ANN STAUSBOLL Thank you, Bob. BOB BURTON The organisers of the roundtable tended to position you as a CEO who encourages long-term thinking. Why is long-term thinking so important...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...business know who the best weaver is. It’s like a driver who knows who the best driver is. That is why the people in this village say that I am the best even though I do not call myself that. Catherine (VO) Akwasi Akwaboah is weaving the most prestigious Kente cloth, known as Adwenisi - Adweniso. It means all design motifs are used up and requires consummate skill. Who...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...business as this might conflict with our traditional notions of the importance of quality and personal care that is offered for free at the point of use. This is an interesting tension in incorporating technology and digital services in health and social care. Hopefully, this activity will encourage you to see how you can identify bias and think critically when reading...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...Business Images/Shutterstock. Figures Figure 1: Burnard, P. (1996) Acquiring Interpersonal Skills: a Handbook of Experiential Learning for Health Professionals, 2nd edn, London, Chapman & Hall. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...businesses. It would be concerned with the processes that established the visual conventions of advertising photography. The production of such images presupposes a network of models, agents, and photographers, all specialising in such work. Its economy and organisation are therefore important issues. Now look at ‘The French family watch the Cup Final’ (‘French’...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs