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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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Video 5 mins
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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Article 5 mins
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...thinking about the speaking and listening you do in your everyday life. How can you speak so that people understand you? Why is this course about listening as well as speaking? And just how important is body language?...Speaking and listening: 1.1 Speaking - Whether you consider yourself to be quiet and shy or bubbly and chatty, you have to do some speaking from day to...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Who belongs to Glasgow?
Society, Politics & Law

Who belongs to Glasgow?

...Think about these issues in relation to another place or other places. What is being represented/promoted? Who gains and who loses? 3. The main points to grasp from this programme are: that ‘image and identity’ are central to our geographical imagination; that images and identities are socially constructed and are not neutral or objective: how we define a place...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Do you have a photographic memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do you have a photographic memory?

...have this special ability. This allows them to continue to see an image, in detail, for a short while even after it's taken away. Do you think you have this ability? Do you have a photographic memory? Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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Management and the unconscious mind
Money & Business

Management and the unconscious mind

...thinking a pre-requisite for good ideas? The human brain is an incredibly complex machine which constantly processes vast amounts of data many of us are oblivious to as we go about our lives, but can the information contained within the unconscious mind aid managers within the work place? In the following audio discussion Guy Claxton, a psychologist from the University of...
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Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...think of Yugoslavia, for example, a state that no longer exists, having been broken up in recent years into a number of new states – Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia and Kosovo). But, how is this quality of permanence and continuity created? Sharma and Gupta (2006) argue that the everyday bureaucratic practices and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs