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Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...history, and if you’re not able to communicate and obtain that history as well as possible, then that patient is not having their optimal care. For example, if you ask a two-year-old who only speaks Welsh at home ‘where’s it painful?’, they’re unable to tell you unless you ask them in a language they understand. If you ask a patient who’s confused because they...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life
History & The Arts

Tolstoy and the search for the meaning of life

...family. Thus I proceeded to live, but five years ago something very strange began to happen to me: I was overcome by minutes at first of perplexity and then of an arrest of life, as though I did not know how to live or what to do, and I lost myself and was dejected. But that passed, and I continued to live as before. Then those minutes of perplexity were repeated oftener...
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Article 15 mins
Wellbeing for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing for Work

...family members and a change in work patterns, being furloughed and/or losing your jobs in the process has created an entirely new world of work and people’s relationship with it. Our identities, both at work and home, are being further merged, which can cause confusion and frustration. One thing that is clear, is that these changes could not be foreseen and have found...
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Article 10 mins
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...history that has proved provocative and culturally resonant for the last hundred years. In this free online course, The First World War: trauma and memory, you will study the subject of physical and mental trauma, its treatments and its representation. You will focus not only on the trauma experienced by combatants but also the effects of the First World War on civilian...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...History’. Further reading Karen Armstrong, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence (London: The Bodley Head, 2014). Clinton Bennett, In Search of Solutions: The Problem of Religion and Conflict (London: Equinox, 2008). John D. Brewer, Gareth I. Higgins and Francis Teeney, Religion, Civil Society and Peace in Northern Ireland (Oxford: Oxford University...
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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...family comfortable. As well as the work, Drummond was studying, determined to earn the extra qualifications to become a headteacher. More ambition, more progress. He got new jobs at bigger schools. He was leading his family to better places. He felt like a successful leader. The perfect husband. But he wasn’t. [A man walking into the fog] If you’re a social...
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Article 15 mins
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...history – such as Jean Bodin in the 1570s or Antonio Vieira in the 1650s – in the main slavery was taken for granted in moral and political philosophy. Indeed, it was not until the writings of John Woolman and his fellow Quakers that there was an organised and principled critique of slavery in Britain. The British anti-slavery abolitionist movement that is most...
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Article 20 mins
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...history is. People often say the voluntary sector has distinctive value, and you’ll find out more about this and why it matters. By the end of this week, you should be able to: understand the meaning of ‘voluntary’ explain the differences between sectors explain the origins of the voluntary sector understand the idea of value and distinctiveness in relation to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs