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Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...Education, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 420–434 [Online]. DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2018.1439373. Callahan, S. and Nicholas, L. (2019) ‘Dragon wings and butterfly wings: implicit gender binarism in early childhood’, Gender and Education, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 705–723 [Online]. DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2018.1552361. Carlile, A., Butteriss, E. and Sansfaçon, A. P. (2021)...
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...education. Section 4: Language study skills – how to improve your writing and speaking language skills. Section 5: Language and culture – ideas for three short plays or sketches. Section 6: International Christmas – an exploration of the many and different Christmas traditions around the world, as an example of the connections between language and culture. Find out...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...education. Supporters of internal marketing highlight its potential to achieve organisational objectives, improving both customer and employee satisfaction. Grönroos (1981) distinguishes between strategic and tactical approaches to internal marketing. At a strategic level, this can include the adoption of supportive management styles, e.g. human resources policies and...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...technologies underpinning the internet and information security. You'll see how data moves between computers over the internet, how it can be attacked, and how it can be kept secure. What if you are attacked? We'll also be looking at ways to deal with the aftermath, as well as steps you can take to prevent any future attacks from being successful. By the end of the...
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...technologies and global insecurities posed potential environmental, social and economic injustices on an international scale. Harding’s question requires criminologists to think outside nation-state and strict legalistic boundaries and to pursue what has been referred to as a ‘supranational criminology’ (Smeulers and Haveman, 2008). This course examines some of the...
Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?
Nature & Environment

What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?

...technology is necessarily bio-organic: adding fertilisers or pesticides to the growbeds would soon damage the fish, while feeding the fish antibiotics would harm the plants. In any case, there is less need for agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals since aquaponics means less disease and faster growth<. The widespread use of agrochemicals in our current food production makes...
How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome
Health, Sports & Psychology

How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome

...technology race and we’ve seen that again [at Rio 2016]”. This level of funding has enabling the development of bikes worth in the region of £10,000, and skin suits so aerodynamic that they can produce up to a 5% performance gain, compared to those used at the world championships in London earlier this year. In post-race interviews, many of the athletes have also...
What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development
Society, Politics & Law

What Brexit and Trump mean for Global Justice and International Development

...technological innovation. At the same time, it underplayed the ability of sovereign nation states to address these problems through social redistributive policies. Instead, liberal cosmopolitanism uncritically justified economic liberalism that led to dogmatic policies of free trade and privatisation around the world. Arguably, this dogmatism prevented formal democracies...