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English: Language of controversy
Languages

English: Language of controversy

...society Neville Alexander discusses his role in English language planning in South Africa. Why has the rise of English caused so much controversy? English is championed as an essential tool for participation yet is criticized for causing real social harm. The position of English today A panel of Linguists discuss place of English in an increasingly globalized world....
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Audio 1 hr
60-Second Adventures in Religion
History & The Arts

60-Second Adventures in Religion

...social control Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag. Religion as ritual Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how. Religion as a mother Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ...
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Video 5 mins
Managing for Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Managing for Sustainability

...social responsibility? From understanding the need for sustainability, and environmental auditing to learning how organisations integrate health and safety policy. This collection/album explores many of the issues that face modern businesses and gives some insight into how these companies function while adhering to various environmental management systems. This material...
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Video 23 mins
Worlds of English
Languages

Worlds of English

...social, cultural, and technological developments? ‘Worlds of English’ investigates these notions by looking at the expansion of English in China since the 1970s, how it is now the dominant language used at the European Parliament and how a local vernacular in Singapore, known as 'Singlish' is causing controversy. It also examines the role of, and attitude towards,...
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Audio 1 hr 4 mins
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...social relations (Harvey, 2010). Approaching this issue from entirely different ideological perspectives, Karl Marx in the nineteenth century and Joseph Schumpeter in the mid twentienth century both recognised technological and organisational innovation as a fundamental feature of the ‘creative-destructive’ tendencies of capitalism, although the extent to which the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...worked in Luxembourg for a few months. In the following video he puts his French to the test to buy saucisson lyonnais (a type of sausage). Activity 1 Watch the video and write your answers to the questions in the boxes below. Shop assistant: Bonjour, Messieurs. Dave and Si: Bonjour, bonjour, Madame. Shop assistant: [laughs] Dave Myers: Madame, Je cherche la saucisson...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...socially stigmatised. Children were once punished for using their left hand to write. The percentage of left-handed people in the USA has grown from around 2-3% at the start of the 20th century, to around 12% today. Handedness is known to be substantially genetically inherited, and there is no evidence that any genetic shift happened over this time. But attitudes did...
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Article 10 mins
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...work or the cause they are campaigning for. Social media played an important role in relation to the ‘Mystery zebras’ in Hackney. The ‘Mystery zebras’ were not only linked to an online petition, but they were also commented on in blogs (for example, click the following link to read the article ‘Mystery zebras earning their stripes at Hackney’s killer...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs