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Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...geography. Central and southern Italy are divided along most of their length by the natural barrier of the Appenines, meaning that east–west rail links are few and far between. In the Po Valley in the north of Italy, however, east–west rail links are good, with a fast train network extending from Genoa in the west to Trieste in the east. There are still areas of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...geography, politics, and how children are viewed in society are all factors that can impact on children's mental health. This week, you'll look at different childhoods from countries around the world. We include case studies of children living on the streets in India, and in some African countries, and the experience of child soldiers in war-torn countries. We include...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...geography of the room speaks of separation of official from claimant. A counter keeps them safely apart, and the steel framework above it suggests that there are shutters which can be erected when needed. The attire of the various actors too tells of separation: the smart white-collared, besuited official with his plastered hair and studious spectacles facing the mass of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...geographies of exclusion’. Part of the process of exclusion is where the ‘bad’, the ‘mad’ and the ‘imperfect’ are deemed to be ‘other’ and, often in stereotyped form, are disregarded or rejected. Being the ‘other’ in mental health terms means being on the ‘them’ side of the normality/abnormality boundary. What does it mean to be regarded as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...geography and environment of a particular place (such as water, wind, birdsong, animals or even indistinct sounds of traffic or human voices). Keynote sounds are ubiquitous and do not have to be listened to consciously. The term derives from the musical concept that denotes, according to Schafer: ‘the anchor or fundamental tone of a particular piece … although the...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...geography of a particular airport, but the signage is an interface that directs them to their temporary destinations. It manages what would otherwise be a cacophony of movement, sorting people, designating routes, creating decision points, and generally regulating the conduct of passengers. [MUSIC PLAYING] The airport is home to contrasting forms of attachment. Airports...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...Geographies, 19(3), pp. 291–299. Espinoza, M.L. et al. (2020) ‘Matters of participation: notes on the study of dignity and learning’, Mind, Culture and Activity, 27(4), pp. 325–347. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10749039.2020.1779304 Freire, P. (1970) Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: NY: Continuum. Ginwright, S. and Cammarota, J. (2002) ‘New terrain...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...geography, as well as the three Rs. But there was also an emphasis on physical activity. Singing and dancing were on the curriculum as well as music. David McLaren Whichever Owenite community you look at whether its here or in the states, dancing features prominently. Now there’s a whole number of reasons for that, often Owen talks about the moral benefits of dancing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs