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Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...world which it has dominated and largely controlled since World War II. It is now desperately trying to compensate for its declining power and influence worldwide by becoming a fortress dedicated to battling forces of change inside and outside of its territory. We must make America great again, in the words of Donald Trump. The Republican Party has been trying to slam the...
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‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...heritage and island mentality of ‘bloody foreigners stealing our fish’. On top of that, the fishing industry has had its expectations raised, probably unfairly, by promises of ‘total control’, exclusion of other fishing fleets, and increases in fishing quota available to them. But can Brexit deliver? Is the fate of the UK fishing industry going to be the litmus...
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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...Heritage Month. Critics of multiculturalism have called it the 3 Ss: saris, steel drums and samosas. It’s argued that it gives us a false idea of culture as simply about colourful artefacts. It doesn’t engage in a critique of the underlying discriminatory processes that can make education exclusive rather than inclusive. It’s argued that [multiculturalism] gives us...
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Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...world is doing and how well the models are describing it, so it is cherry picking really. RH: You can understand their point of view, though. The world is about to spend or commit to spend trillions of dollars on clean energy to avoid climate change, and the Lukewarmers are saying, ‘Well, maybe we don’t need to avoid that much of it. Maybe in fact some degree of...
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An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...world. We can still cherish our own heritage, lineage, and culture, but we must liberate ourselves from the illusion that they are separate from everyone else’s. (Gerzon, 2010) Now go to Week 2...Week 1: Thinking about culture and communication: References - Hall, E. T. and Hall, T. (1959) The silent language. New York: Anchor books. Harari, Y. N. (2014) Sapiens. A...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...world. How would you introduce the foreign sector into the diagram? Answer A second sector that can be introduced into the circular flow diagram to make it a more representative model of the economy is a foreign sector. The income flows discussed so far take place within our simple economy but income flows may also take place between economies. Some of the income that...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...world and, importantly, how the world engages with us in return. So, for me, I see gender as a social construction. Yes, we’re born with the bits- all the physical attributes and pieces that dictate our sex, but all that other stuff about how men and women should act, how they should dress, how they should speak, how much space they’re entitled to take up on a train,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...world that many people may have taken for granted. For example, in the United Kingdom, this could be seen in the ‘Brexit’ vote (i.e. the referendum vote in favour of Britain leaving the European Union) and, in the USA, in the unexpected election of Donald Trump as President. These are not just changes to political worlds; they also represent profound changes to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs