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Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...classed as even more confused or demented than they actually are. And there have been occasions when people have been admitted to psychiatric institutions because people didn’t understand that they actually couldn’t speak English because of a condition they had. So, it’s important for those three groups in particular, but it’s important to realise that as Welsh...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...class and learning about support services in relation to mental health issues, for example. The organisation supports young people in developing a strong sense of identity by providing a safe space where they can share their experiences with others from a similar cultural background. However, they also learn about the cultures and beliefs of other communities: the video...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...Variable fecundity - The food supply for most polar species depends on several unpredictable factors so successful breeding is far from certain, even if births are tightly synchronized with the seasons. Maintaining pregnancy and feeding the offspring after birth (or hatching in birds) are energetically expensive. The death of the offspring before its maturity represents...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Is science fiction a field in its own right?
History & The Arts

Is science fiction a field in its own right?

...de Siècle Magazines.” Science and Literature: The Great Divide?, special issue of MHRA Working Papers in the Humanities, vol. 7, 2013, pp. 33–40. Tippett, Benjamin K., and David Tsang. “Traversable Achronal Retrograde Domains In Spacetime.” arXiv preprint, 4 Nov. 2013, arxiv.org/abs/1310.7985. Willis, Martin. Literature and Science: Readers’ Guides to Essential...
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Article 10 mins
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...De Castella and McGarty, 2011; Every and Augoustinos, 2007; Kurz, Augoustinos, and Crabb, 2010; Tileagă, 2009), and also how these issues are understood by ‘lay’ people in everyday life (e.g. Figgou and Condor, 2007; Gibson and Hamilton, 2011; Andreouli, Greenland and Howarth, 2016). These approaches invite you to think critically about the political: to examine and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...class sizes and what they are taught there, are all outcomes of political processes. For example, some politicians call for a stronger focus on traditional values and national history, while others advocate the inclusion of social diversity in school curriculums. Thus, as someone aptly points out in the video you will watch in the next section, politics is with us ‘from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...variability of the results between cobs in Table 2. One of the most striking features of biological results is their variability. First, consider the total number of grains in each cob. None of the figures in the table is the 'right' answer; each set reflects the particular feature of the individual cob from which they were taken. Some of the cobs may have more grains...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...variable, inconsistent, unexpected or unpredictable ways’ (Ansell and Trondal, 2018, p. 43). Within an organisational context, turbulence may be external and/or internal: External – turbulent environments. Turbulence may be produced by factors external to organisations such as legal rulings, accidents, rapid technological change, wars, protests or partisan conflict....
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs