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Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...community is evident when we learn that he took jobs and names of country people from churchyards in the area, using them as inspiration for his fiction...Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd: 2 Locations - Far From the Madding Crowd was serialised in The Cornhill Magazine before it was published in book form. Hardy’s first novel, Under the Greenwood...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...oral traditions (unwritten music). This is an important distinction, because the use of notation in teaching and performance has many important implications. Historically, since notation was the first means by which European art music was turned into a tangible artefact, it made it easier for people to conceive of a piece of music as an object (equivalent to a painting...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...community...2. The context of leadership in Wales: 2. The context of leadership in Wales - In reality, few organisations have completely distinct structures, and different leadership approaches may be practised in different parts of the same organisation. Power may appear to exist in a demarcated, hierarchical structure, and this may reflect forms of perceived expert...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?

...Las Vegas. A gate of nearly 25,000 had paid $5,766,125, a record in its day. “It wasn’t a fight; it was an execution,” wrote Ali’s biographer Thomas Hauser. After ten sickeningly one-sided rounds, Ali’s trainer Angelo Dundee signalled Ali’s retirement. Ali’s aide and confidante Bundini Brown pleaded: “One more round.” But, Dundee snapped back: “Fuck...
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Article 5 mins
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...community, rather than maximising profit for shareholders and owners. Community enterprise – generally taken to be a social enterprise owned and run by a geographical community or a community of interest. Co-operative – an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...communicating whatever style you use (within reason) so of course they would get more skilled at using this ‘tool’ in particular. Yes, but they find it very difficult. I believe that it is like a muscle in the brain that can improve like any other with exercise. So, yes. Yes. How do you think it improves concepts and skills? It facilitates communication of meaning. A...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...community, including highly qualified coaches and administrators within it, represents an underutilised resource that CAF and CONCACAF must actively recruit, develop, and promote. Accountability and data: CAF and CONCACAF both lack comprehensive data tracking progress. The UK FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code (FLDC) improves transparency, but independent...
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Article 10 mins
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...communities that host nuclear plants. Among the population as a whole, low-carbon electricity from nuclear energy is seen as far preferable to the high carbon emissions from coal, oil and gas. And nuclear is seen as necessary to plug the ‘energy gap’ and prevent the lights going out...Nuclear power: friend or foe?: 3.2 Arguments against nuclear energy - Safety With...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs