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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...careful, being 'politic', often for good reasons. This is not an easy role, and putting on a good performance, one conveying sincerity and authenticity, is crucial to success. Sometimes 'lying' is not knowing. Or not knowing enough; sometimes it is strategic openness to the future. Sometimes, of course, truth, lies and performance are connected. Performances that try to...
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The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...care to avenge things of that kind and that is why this morning at 11 o’clock the Bismarck was sunk. [APPLAUSE] Chris Williams So, the Bismarck was lost for more than 24 hours, and finding it was the key to sinking it. The question is did Bletchley find it or not? Michael, nothing was known publicly about Bletchley Park’s involvement in the sinking of the Bismarck...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...careful to avoid extravagant claims, and rule out suggestions that brain scanners might be used to assess progress or select candidates with an aptitude for interpreting. But even if studying simultaneous interpretation doesn’t lead to immediate applications, it has already extended our knowledge of the neural pathways that link thinking with doing, and in the future it...
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Article 10 mins
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...careful consideration of the different ways in which customers come into contact with the brand – offering a standardised chart, the Brand Contact Audit, as a framework for action planning (Table 1). Table 1 Brand contact audit chart BRAND CONTACT AUDIT TARGET SEGMENT: Contact points Expectation at each Experience at each Message sent Positive or negative Importance of...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...care system is best for the country and its economy? What expectations should we have of practitioners? In answering these questions, you are also likely to have looked back at your own experiences, and reflected upon where your ideas and beliefs have come from. This might involve looking back on your own education, or forward to the education you’d like for future...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...care. But it would be left with no state-funded galleries and museums and the inevitable degradation and loss of all public cultural heritage. The population would be as healthy as possible but buildings such as Notre-Dame would be left to crumble and disappear for ever. To many people, neither option is desirable, and even making the choice is unpalatable. And yet, all...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Emotion: an introductory picture
History & The Arts

Emotion: an introductory picture

...careful and considered as his beliefs: if he has good reason to suppose that something is worth having or doing, then he wishes to have or to do it. He does not nurture whims or yearn for impossibilities. He is not weak-willed or impulsive. His actions invariably reflect what he judges to be best for him to do, once he has considered all the options. Hedley's brother...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...careful use of language to convey that there are often uncertainties in claimed facts or arguments. For example, you have already heard how ‘claims’ can be a useful term. Also, use of hedging words (such as ‘maybe’, ‘appear to’, ‘perhaps’, ‘indicate’, ‘suggest’, ‘sometimes’, ‘often’, ‘mostly’ ‘partly’ or ‘probably’) can ensure...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs