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Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...creative tension, which provides the platform for thinking about environmental management from a systems perspective. In this unit, the working definition of environmental management is the managing of human–environment relationships, where managing can be interpreted in different ways: controlling, shaping, organising or creating the circumstances for new policies and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...writing on thin slabs of stone (known as stelai, or stele in the singular: see Figure 5) or short texts accompanying artistic representations on objects of all different shapes and sizes (Figure 3). [A photograph of part of a marble stele.] Figure 5 Side A of a marble stele from the Amphiareion concerning the melting down of votive objects, c. late third century BCE;...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...write at big school and you can play at wee school. …Fay: I hate big school and I loved playschool because you get to paint in play school with toys and all you have to do is colour, you get to paint, eat sweets or take lunch. There’s what I love. (McGettigan and Gray, 2012, p. 25) The researchers highlighted that infant classrooms tended to be formal and goal...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...write this, in the room that I use as an office at home. It is freezing outside, and my room is not at what I consider to be a very comfortable temperature. I can switch on an electric heater, but then if I leave the room for a period, with the heater running, it may be too hot when I get back, and the window will have to be opened, wasting all that expensive electricity!...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...Write down your experiences in note form, using the ‘prompt’ questions below as a guide. What was the situation? How did it make you feel? Why do you think it occurred? How do you think this could have been prevented? If you can’t think of any personal experiences, think about why you haven’t experienced any discrimination and/or think of an incident you might...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...creative solutions to problems However, having a variety of different people from various backgrounds together is important in order to find and implement creative solutions to problems. Thinking outside the ‘box’ and interacting with diverse people improves people’s ability to work in a diverse and turbulent environment, characterised by different styles,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below and within the course is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: © NiseriN; Getty Images Every...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Course image: alzay/Getty Images Figure 1: esvetleishaya/iStock...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs