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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...human beliefs and practices, which may relate to the category ‘religion’. This includes religions like Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Hinduism, and many others. But religious studies is also interested in the beliefs and ritual practices of indigenous peoples and popular mythologies, such as those expressed in the Star Wars films. Religious studies explores the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...human eye, so the electronic world starts at a disadvantage. (A simple, well-placed, live, video camera, though useful, still needs an observer and places higher demands on data transmission.)...Watching the weather: 1.4 The global perspective - Local observations are a key ingredient in short-term, local weather forecasting but the data from the global network of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...resources that exist in the community and build on the strengths and affordances of communities’. They further argue that ‘a strong assets-based approach that emphasises and values the experience of community members is an effective way to empower communities to make positive change’. Perhaps not surprisingly, therefore, community empowerment has come to be regarded...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...humans in terms of knowledge. And so the things that we will need to focus on are those human skills, so the things that robots can’t do, cooperation, collaboration, teamwork, empathy, critical thinking. And that means that our whole education system is going to have to shift from where it has been in the past towards helping people to develop those skill sets. It also...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...human capabilities, relationships and other internal and external resources. Ann Masten, a research expert in this area calls it ‘ordinary magic’. It is a quality and a process that can be enhanced and developed which is good news for social workers, who are typically required to manage change and complex, competing demands (Grant and Kinman, 2015, p. 5). In this free...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...resources that can help you produce effective infographics of your own, and critically evaluate the infographics of others...Infographics are becoming an essential tool in data representation and research communication. In this free course, The power of infographics in research dissemination, you will explore when and how infographics can be useful to your work. You will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...human characteristics) cannot and do not need to be consistently categorised as ‘female’ or ‘male’. By 2065, we might even question the use of these gendered distinctions altogether. Read at ESRC: Doubting gender. Or why it is best to leave certain questions unanswered For The Conversation, Penn State's Jaime Schultz asks whether worrying about an 'unfair'...
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Formulating research questions
Education & Development

Formulating research questions

...resources that enable the reciprocal involvement of seldom heard groups in health and social care research: A collaborative rapid realist review process’. Health Expectations, 22, pp. 298–306. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hex.12865 (Accessed: 23 April 2025). Prinjha, S., Miah, N. and Ali, E. (2020) ‘Including “seldom heard” views in...
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Article 25 mins