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Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...businesses, and organizing bespoke scuba diving trips for adventurous foreign visitors. In a larger town, we met a senior fisheries officer who had developed a social enterprise for smoking tuna fish for export to Jakarta, to improve women’s employment and diversify the town’s fishing industry. We also met elected village leaders who had grander visions of creating a...
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How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...busied myself to think of a story, —a story to rival those which had excited us to this task. One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature, and awaken thrilling horror—one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart. If I did not accomplish these things, my ghost story would be unworthy of its name....
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Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...money and people to move freely. Another key objective is to develop this huge resource also in other areas like energy, knowledge and capital markets to ensure that Europeans can draw the maximum benefit from it. Human rights and equality One of the EU’s main goals is to promote human rights both internally and around the world. Human dignity, freedom, democracy,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...money acquired) and wealth (what people own – homes, savings, investments, property, businesses etc.) and the effects of the distribution of income and wealth on a society. While most people would express the opinion that they would want their country to be fair, it seems that people’s grasp of the extent of inequality in their own countries is frequently poor. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...money because the sort of person who would do this in bed is the sort of person who would take your money. Speaker reading quotation As soon as he was past boyhood he settled down in the Piraeus and the establishment of Euthydicus, the physician, pretending to be a student of medicine, but in fact deliberately offering himself for sale as the event proved. The names of...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...money on launching schemes to improve internal relationships, only for the programme to ‘fizzle out’ because of a lack of commitment throughout the organisation and employees failing to identify with the scheme...Contemporary issues in managing: 2.3 Session 2 quiz - You have now completed the session on managing through internal marketing. To test your understanding...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...busy to recall the experience and so little conscious learning takes place. Of course, it's useful to carry out familiar activities ‘on auto-pilot’ – without conscious attention. It's easy to miss out on important learning from unfamiliar activities too. I may become wrapped up in the activity itself or simply not notice the range and quality of the experience....
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...Business School 11.20 to 13.00 How did we arrive at the current context for science–society relations? What are the current aims of public engagement? What are the strengths and limitations of public engagement for policy formation, decision-making, etc.? Are these aims challenged by the ‘innovation agenda’? LUNCH Session 3 Science, policy and people Giskin Day...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs