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Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...think of themselves as nations challenge the existing order and assert their right to a state of their own. And at the same time it is a kind of gentle introduction to how to study political ideas. It is more theoretical, or philosophical, than historical, but that doesn’t mean it has no purchase on the real world. The practical examples with which it works range from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...system, which is to describe a circle as sweeping out a number of radians. You can think of a radian as being just like a degree, but rather than there being 360 of them in a circle, there are 2π of them. This may sound complicated, but it has the huge advantage that it makes the maths easier! Because the circumference is 2πr, and the wheel turns 2π radians in the same...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...think, I just don’t understand why they don’t understand? Learning should be transformative, and this course will unlock your full potential, using a practice-based learning tool to help identify the barriers in students' understanding. This free course, Teaching and learning tricky topics, has a course structure that builds upon understanding you have developed...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...think it is right for you in terms of asset allocation. ...Asset allocation in investment: 2 Risk and return expectations - One important reason why investors today might not hold the same equity proportion as in 2000 is that the portfolios recommended by Gregory and Rutterford were estimated using historic ten year returns, standard deviations of returns, and correlation...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...think END was, in a way, the intellectual wing. In a way, the movement, certainly in this country and perhaps all over Europe, was inspired by E. P. Thompson’s pamphlet Protest and Survive. But I think E.P. Thompson, an idea-- and Ken Coates and I was part of it --was that in the past, anti-nuclear campaigns were very easily dealt with by the establishment, because you...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...think about taking other courses. ['Learning from sport burnout and overtraining' digital badge]...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read each session of the course score 50% or more in the two badge quizzes in Session 4 and Session 8 For all the quizzes, you can have three attempts at most of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...think of issues related to the environmental impact of the production and distribution of goods and services. Whilst the environmental perspective is certainly very important, it is not the only perspective. To get a holistic overview of supply chain sustainability, all the perspectives of supply chain sustainability should be considered. Once you have a general...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...think there would need to be a huge number of different sorts of atoms to account for all the substances that exist and that can be made, but in fact there are just 118 different types of atom that have been observed. These are known as the chemical elements and of those 118, only about 90 occur naturally. Each element is represented by a chemical symbol, consisting of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs