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Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...world over. Plastic does have environmental concerns. Yes, it's lighter to transport, but it's also very easy to throw away. And, from a sustainability point of view, it's something that's quite important to us. I'm a sailor at heart. And I do travel, and you do see plastic all over the place. And I think glass is the way forwards. One of our biggest constraints, at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...world. Criminology is often studied alongside other social science disciplines, most commonly: psychology, sociology or law. This course will help you to make sense of some of the key differences between criminology, psychology, sociology and law, while illustrating how certain topics might be approached and understood by someone from these different disciplinary...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...world continues to change in disruptive ways. Here, disruptive means a change to something new, which is not incremental or minor. For successful leadership in any domain – business, public sphere, civil society – you need to understand and adapt to the changing world that brings many challenges. Successful leadership requires you to reconsider what it means to lead...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Leo Tolstoy on King Lear
History & The Arts

Leo Tolstoy on King Lear

...world," says Shelley. "I am not minded to say much of Shakespeare's Arthur," says Swinburne. "There are one or two figures in the world of his work of which there are no words that would be fit or good to say. Another of these is Cordelia. The place they have in our lives and thoughts is not one for talk. The niche set apart for them to inhabit in our secret hearts is not...
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Article 15 mins
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...world exclusively through a professional lens. Undertaking original research using methods she was unused to and subjecting her data to rigorous, systematic analysis reveals contexts and influences to which as a professional she was completely oblivious. Kathy illustrates well the value of looking at the everyday familiar with fresh academic eyes. One thing that happens...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...World War. You’ll explore Woolf’s views on the role of this novel, and the wider significance of literature and language. As well as reading about the novel, you will read several extracts from it, which will have audio readings accompanying them, and you’ll be asked to analyse these extracts, and determine how Woolf achieved her aims by depicting images, memories,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...world, social scientific study examines how we produce things, communicate, govern ourselves and understand our environments, and how to solve the problems we face in the organisation of social relations and processes. This free course, The social in social science, provides a basic overview of how social science contains deeply embedded cultural assumptions, and outlines...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...world. Other than hospitals you will find nurses in health centres and clinics, GP surgeries, schools, prisons, care and nursing homes, on cruise ships, in large businesses, in the community, in people’s homes, in call centres such as 111, in Government and in education. Section 2 of this course explores these different work roles a little further. Select the answer for...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs