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A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...physical communication? Have you used predominantly English, or other languages as well? Jot down any thoughts you have about this in the text box below. Once you’ve done so, save your answer and then read the comment for this part of the activity. Discussion First off, you’re using language to read this course. This is written language, but in a moment, when you...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...physical security, environmental protection, safe food and travel, etc.), which people rely on but may not trust because the systems contradict their daily experiences and lay knowledge. There are many more media products, and a variety of ways of accessing them. Unlike national broadcasters such as the BBC of the mid-20th century, these are more diverse, made up of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...physical security, material means of subsistence, development of capacities, enjoyment of liberties, and so forth. These necessary preconditions for the exercise of moral agency form the basis of human rights. The idea of human rights is designed to advance core values associated with basic needs, interests and liberties relating to what it is to be human and live a human...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
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Languages

How to learn a language

...physical training, for athletes to succeed they also need to stay on top of their game mentally. One thing that athletes do to enhance their performance is to use visualisation techniques, imagining themselves completing a race, or stepping onto the podium. As Angie LeVan of the Clinical Research Unit at the University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center explains:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...physical ability to carry them out. It meant that the rest of us then said, OK, so how can we do this? And I’ve had so many wonderful volunteers in the last eight years who’ve been helping with this, and they’ve done some really brilliant things, and we’ve had all sorts of exciting things happening to help fundraise, which have got more and more people involved....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...physically recognisable: they are better described as networks of trading relationships between dealers. Moreover, unlike exchanges, OTC markets are not subject to strict regulation about the quantity and quality of the assets traded, and all the contracts are bilateral, i.e. only between two parties. Given these characteristics, OTC markets lack transparency compared to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...physical shape to societal prejudices, and allow us to understand the prejudices that societies have towards those they consider to be their ‘others’ (which are often racist and xenophobic). Monsters allow us to reflect on what makes us human. By reflecting human fears, ancient monsters encourage us to compare our fears in the modern world with the fears of ancient...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...physics. Concepts in the social sciences can be ‘slippery customers’ (Heywood, 2013, p. 18). In this section, we have looked at only one concept – politics – and you can already see what a ‘slippery customer’ it can be. There are many more concepts, the meaning of which are, to a greater or lesser extent, contested. Contests over these concepts are not just...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs