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The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The trailblazers of 2024 launch women’s sport into an exciting 2025

...de Motocyclisme (FIM) launched the inaugural Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship, marking the first global platform exclusively for female riders. Women’s sport often emphasises technical skill, strategic gameplay, and creativity, offering a fresh perspective compared to the power-driven approach that dominates some men’s leagues. For fans who value a balance...
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Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...concept involves consideration of the way in which the production of music is tailored to suit the consumer, which involves asking questions such as: Does this music have an audience (a person or group of people present and attentive, regarded as distinct from the performers)? If so, is the presence of the audience a necessary condition for the performance? Are the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...concept of equilibrium and explain how it can occur at low levels of output begin to understand the Keynesian model of aggregate demand and how it explains why economies can get stuck in a low output equilibrium critically evaluate the role of fiscal policy in changing the economy...Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view: 1 Keynes in context - Before we start to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...concepts from beyond Western common practice. The division is around 50/50 across the courses. The goal is to teach you the basics of one musical language while introducing you to aspects of many others. As you progress through each course, you will be asked to clap and sing musical patterns and play these on an instrument if you have one. You will listen to various...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...conception of the relationship between the individual and the state?’). Philosophers of race are also interested in metaphysical questions. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the basic structure and reality of the world, and metaphysical questions come up across philosophy. Philosophers studying the metaphysics of race are interested in understanding...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...concepts to more sustainably manage waste and resources identify some of the emerging social responses to China’s environmental problems assess your own waste management habits...Waste management and environmentalism in China: 1 Waste in China - From their changing diet to owning more household objects, the Chinese are becoming great consumers. Production of consumer...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...concepts and procedures that have been developed to help make sense of certain aspects of existence. Ideally, a theory shows enough of its own working that others can follow its reasoning, can be convinced by its usefulness and can deploy it in new contexts. So, while all theories are put forward at particular times and in particular places, their purpose is to travel: to...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...concept of stress in the 1930s, felt this was a very one-sided view – he regarded stress as ubiquitous and vitally important, calling it ‘the salt of life’ (Selye, 1978 [1956]). Selye distinguished two kinds of stress: Within the general concept of stress … we must differentiate between distress (from the Latin dis = bad, as in dissonance, disagreement), and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs