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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...think it is! This free course, Religious diversity: rethinking religion, introduces you to a selection of the vast variety of religious beliefs and practices in Britain today. Having some familiarity with religion and belief is increasingly required to make sense of issues of local, national and international importance. The course will introduce you to issues and skills...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?

...think – but not the society as a whole). Still, such studies might get closer to how people feel than many of the big claims currently going around in journalism (and some social science writing) about politics. They might also help with the second problem: Can people feel more than one thing? Too often we assume people to be simple souls, capable of feeling or thinking...
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Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit

...think when the result appeared to reflect the priority of visceral feelings over thought, and to privilege authenticity (who is speaking) rather than expertise (the authority of facts and evidence). And, if what you speak is dismissed as being politically correct, how can you speak? What’s your discursive armoury when language itself has been corrupted? I got over this,...
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Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?

...think about. People may be more familiar with thinking about ‘quality of life’, which if often linked to patient outcomes. In this article, we’ll outline what taking a wellbeing approach to dying matters and what it could look like...Firstly, let us define wellbeing. There are many definitions available, and each person may have their own sense of what wellbeing...
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Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...think more about the relationship of Alia Syed’s journey through the tunnel to Mr. Haroun’s journey through the tunnel. It raises the question of whether this Syed’s journey is a re-enactment, a phenomenological engagement with Mr Haroun’s journey and what the ethical and political challenges of this are. Is Alia’s journey a way to step into Mr. Haroun’s...
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Literature and the Environment
Nature & Environment

Literature and the Environment

...thinking about how his local environment was changing was related to thinking about the wider world, about people on the other side of the globe. I thought about how little attention I pay to the natural world around me. I doubted that I’d notice any changes in my local river, but knew that I’d spot a new café opening next to it. When I first read about the changing...
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Article 10 mins
How to celebrate Halloween with young children
Education & Development

How to celebrate Halloween with young children

...thinking about costumes, decorations and making the most of daytime activities. When it comes to costumes, encourage children to think about fun, imaginative ideas, such as superheroes, animals, or characters from books. Talk about the idea that costumes are only pretend, and that behind the mask or under the hat it is just a person. When decorating, avoid blood-stained...
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Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...system of analysis...Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground: 1.1 Overview of Mozart's sonatas - Mozart wrote nineteen compositions with the title ‘Sonata’ for the fortepiano, works spanning from his teenage years (the Sonata in C, K279, was written at the age of fifteen) to two years before his death (the Sonata in D, K576, dates from 1789). Although they...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs