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History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...system, copywriting or legal protection, etc. There’s a lot to think about in those bullet points and you’ll explore them all in more detail as you progress through the course. For now, Activity 1 encourages you to reflect on the needs of two different businesses. Activity 1 What to do next? Timing: Allow about 10 minutes With the bullet points outlined by The...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...systems for studying the underlying processes, and the results have a much wider application to the study of migration than just bird behaviour. Studies on genetics, the influence of magnetic fields and physiological processes behind homeostasis illustrate general principles, but as birds have attracted so much scientific attention, they provide some of the best examples...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...system of social hierarchy. When Facebook reinstated Preetha's account, her full name appeared on her profile, caste name and all. Some castes are more vulnerable than others. My South Asian colleagues have explained to me that a move like this can give your enemies license to treat you as badly as they like, with impunity. Similarly, police are unlikely to respond to a...
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Article 5 mins
Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade
History & The Arts

Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade

...system, and should still be seen as responsible for many of its evils. The impact of the Atlantic slave trade on the New World. Whatever the effect of slavery on Africa, there can be no doubt that the use of black slaves played a crucial part in the economic development of the New World, above all by making up for shortages of labour. Here, and in other places of European...
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Article 10 mins
Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...system as having four components; basic education, occupational education, higher education and adult education. Basic education comprises pre-school education, six years of primary schooling; three years of junior secondary schooling and then three years of senior secondary schooling. The numbers involved are huge: 192,000,000 children enrolled in over 400,000 primary...
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Article 10 mins
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...thinking like a scientist, by using numbers to describe and understand the natural world. It might be the size of the Greenland ice sheet, the number of molecules in a raindrop, or the latest set of mind-boggling numbers about climate change presented in the media. No longer will you be put off by averages or percentages, and you'll even learn to love negative numbers....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is economics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is economics?

...think of economics, what do you think of? The Chancellor, the economy? Well it’s about much more, covering the personal, national and global aspects of our lives...[London Stock Exchange] Economics is about how, as individuals and groups, we get the things we want to buy and the services we need and want. From a £5 flight to Belfast to a penny off income tax, from a...
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Article 5 mins
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...think about who is involved and how they are perceived, in terms of their social standing and significance. In very simple terms, we might suggest that there are two routes to troubles becoming public issues which are distinguished by the question: whose problem is this? Some troubles become social or public problems as a result of the actions of those people who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs