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Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...cared about the animals and about their behaviour and about trying to understand. I tried very hard to avoid the pitfalls of, as I mentioned earlier, teleology. Now this is something which still occurs as a fault in even the best scripts and the best documentaries about animals, people still will use a teleological argument which implies some sort of purpose in the...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...careful methods to make measurements from images such as Figure 1 if we are to make reliable inferences about stars and galaxies. In this section, you will examine how these measurements are made, and what they can tell us...Astronomy: images of the Universe: 1.1 Understanding brightness - The ultimate aim of an astronomical observation is usually to answer a question...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...careful, logical argument – but, of course, that happens in other subjects as well as philosophy. Another is the close examination of ideas or concepts – ‘conceptual analysis’, as it is often called. But there is more than this to philosophy. Philosophy is not just about concepts of things, but about the things themselves as well. Moreover, philosophy...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...care for all aspects of quality – even the less tangible ones such as code readability or adequacy of documentation. A quality culture is characterised by highly professional behaviour and ethical decision-making on the part of those involved in the process, and by the allocation of an adequate level of resources for specific activities which contribute to software...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...care. I can talk to you about employee experience all day long, but if you have leaders in your company who are like, nah, command and control, I'm going to tell you what to do, you shut up and do your job, it doesn't matter how much I tell you, it doesn't matter what books I recommend, that's how it's going to be. So put people in positions of power who care about...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...careful to follow the evidence, using techniques that do not distort it. She is not so careful with her personal life, where her emotional distance and prioritisation of her work cause problems in her relationships. The combination of repression and passion make her a fascinating character, and her obsession with the investigation is an irresistible force that carries the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...adults happens because we want, or have, to learn something. At other times, we learn without realising it, and we may have little control over what happens. As a child you learn about life from your parents, and maybe as a parent you also learn from watching your children and talking to other parents. [Learning through being a parent or child] Figure 1 Learning through...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...care about from the point of view of his or her holding and wealth creation, and what the intrinsic value of this business is, six or seven months or ten months or one year from now, I think we will have forgotten the first few days. And the focus really will be on whether they're executing their strategies as they need to, and the fundamentals of where they are implied...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs