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Mental health: Tips for mates
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health: Tips for mates

...world of difference. Talk - If you have never experienced such problems yourself, just be as supportive and understanding as you can. Each case of mental health is different and there is no one-size-fits-all solution or programme to ease the problem. Social contact is a key element to recovery and progress from mental health problems. Try to persuade your friend to get...
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Why was the Systems Thinking in Practice hub created?
Society, Politics & Law

Why was the Systems Thinking in Practice hub created?

...world, and many traditions and cultures support these different ways. However, one way, scientific thinking, with its systematic approach to breaking down and analysing problems, has come to dominate. While it has been a successful approach there are many circumstances in which it has not proved very successful. These are situations where there are many different...
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Star Wars: Myth and fairy tale
History & The Arts

Star Wars: Myth and fairy tale

...world. The pleasures and satisfactions of tropes and themes familiar from childhood go some way to account for the die-hard quality of fans’ devotion. Fairy tales are about conflicts with parents; about growing up. Male protagonists often undertake a quest, while female protagonists are abused at home, or driven out by hostile older women (in the main). Some tales...
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Ever Wondered About... Pizza?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ever Wondered About... Pizza?

...World War II. Science The Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana or ‘The Association of True Neapolitan Pizza’ maintains strict guidelines its members must follow. The pizza dough must be made only with flour, natural yeast or brewer's yeast, salt and water and it must be kneaded by hand or using mixers which don’t cause the dough to overheat - high temperatures can...
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Exploring Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring Psychology

...world around us has been fascinating psychologists for over 100 years. The tracks in this album cover a range of case studies, looking at factors which can influence the development of our personalities. What is the impact of significant people in our early lives? How do you go about the process of researching topics like this in social psychology? The audio tracks...
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Audio 1 hr 33 mins
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...world they are born, who their parents are, and what access they have to early childhood education and care. When a baby is born, there is often a wealth of friends and family who are ready to offer advice and guidance to the new parent on the best way to care for the young child. That advice is informed by family practices and society's expectations. Once the child...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...World War shaped and affected the battle for the vote...This free course focuses on one example of democratic protest: the campaign to extend the vote to women in the UK. In the course you'll be introduced to two key figures in the campaign, Ada Nield Chew and May Billinghurst, and you'll look at the ways in which the Women's Social and Political Union, the National Union...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...World Bank, 2000-2003, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994-1999. He was Head of the UK Government Economic Service 2003-7, and produced the landmark Stern Review on the economics of climate change. He was knighted for services to economics in 2004 and made a cross-bench life peer as Baron Stern of Brentford in 2007. His most recent book is...
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