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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...health and longevity from his festive style. And now, how stands the account of man with this bard and benefactor, when in solitude, shutting our ears to the reverberations of his fame, we seek to strike the balance? Solitude has austere lessons; it can teach us to spare both heroes and poets; and it weighs Shakespeare also, and finds him to share the halfness and...

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Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...mental capacity. The Declaration utilises a common, universal moral language to specify its principles and norms, and signatory countries have come under pressure to implement those rights. Once codified and interpreted, rights become normative. At the same time, the Charter expresses the intention to recognise the right to national self-determination and the...

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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs

Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...health benefits for a million and a half members and their families. I think of CalPERS as a perpetuity. We have long-term obligations for many generations to come. So we think long-term in everything that we do. Our actuaries think out 50 to 60 years. If you think of a career as about 30 years and then retirement as 25 to 30 years, that's 50 to 60 years. Our investors...

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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs

Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...health issue among young men who are influenced by body image, social media and the easy availability of steroids. If you find such a media article when you come to do your own research, it would be very wise to follow up the three pieces of research it refers to. Part 2 Now read the brief abstract and section snippets of the article, Superheroes – Image and performance...

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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs

Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...Health England and The Folklore Society. Our thanks to all the volunteer researchers and participants in the Reproductive Bodylore project....Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction: Introduction - Do you want to find out what people think about an issue, or what their experiences are? Do you need to carry out interviews with people? This course will introduce...

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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs

Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...health services, medicine, public health and mental health were devolved in 1998. Social work was devolved in 1998. Social security benefits were devolved in 2016. Housing All areas, including policy and building control were devolved in 1998. Land use planning was devolved in 1998. Law and order Areas including civil justice, civil law and procedure, courts, criminal...

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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs

Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...mental health counselling with practitioners such as Mind. [A photograph of two people in wheelchairs in an open space, seemingly on the move.] Figure 2: Collaborative working You may well consider that the need to collaborate in multilateral strategies is nothing new or even remarkable. Understanding and coordinating across different stakeholders is likely to be an...

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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs

Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Economy

...health of financial firms under the Prudential Regulation Agency. But it’s also too old and wise an institution to take political sides in the Brexit debate. The assessment it published last October states clearly that EU membership has made the UK economy more open to trade, which helps it become more competitive and innovative. But it also points out that greater...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft