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Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...write articles and features on the environmental issue, thereby educating the local citizens. The citizens in turn come to expect their local officials to act to safeguard their environment...Waste management and environmentalism in China: Pressure groups and politics - There is clear evidence that environmental NGOs are expanding the political space within which they...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...writing spanned work on the urban immigrant press, on the connections of newspaper circulation and urbanising culture and, notably, on the ‘natural’ history of the newspaper. For Park, the newspaper was a countervailing force against the complexity of the modern city, instilling among its readers an awareness of, and interest in, an unprecedented common urban cultural...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...writes: ‘I have never enjoyed housework, it is not in my nature; please try to find me somewhere to work with children’. Both had learned English in school; they thought they would be safe in England, and could probably find work; if not they would try America again. They married in July 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II. He fought a 5 year battle with...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...writing in an era of social and economic change. In the 1730s the population was growing fast, social mobility was on the increase, England's cities were beginning to bulge and the old ruling order began to get nervous about change; change that it could not direct or control. Defoe's comment is one example of a history of respectable fears. This notion was coined by the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...writing conference? It was like the conversation of the month. KARL WIEDEGREEN We’re both understanding that the main goal as a teacher is to get those students to learn. Yeah, there new opinion. GEORGIA MELIDIS Got it. KARL WIEDEGREEN Got it? Teacher collaboration at Wildwood is really intentional. In our schedule when we have our preps, they’re aligned to each...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...writing, the government is introducing changes to the inheritance tax. Please see How Inheritance Tax works: thresholds, rules and allowances for more information. It’s a good idea to make or update your will so you can decide who to leave your money, property and possessions to. If you don’t have a will the law dictates who gets everything. Pension plans usually have...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...writing within an American context, and thinking about race within the American racial system. You may have different responses to these cases than Mills does, depending on your own understanding of race. [A person holding a mask in front of their face.] You’ll be asked to consider what race the person in each case would be judged to be depending on each criterion, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...writing, and you should always check to see how it is being used. As I explained, our focus in this course will be on state consciousness of the ordinary non-introspective variety – phenomenal consciousness, in Block's terminology. I shall not keep spelling this out, however, and from now on, unless otherwise indicated, the words ‘conscious’ and ‘consciousness’...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs