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Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...world as well as in our own...This free course introduces Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem, the Odyssey, which tells of Odysseus’ long journey home after fighting in the Trojan War, and his eventual reunion with his wife Penelope. Odysseus is famous for his cunning and his courage, and for the exploits he undertakes on his travels; meanwhile Penelope is renowned for...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...world. Often, ‘systems’ are misguidedly discussed as disembodied entities. A key understanding of STiP is an appreciation that systems Tools do not exist outside of People using the tools. How do tools from these five approaches help people with thinking strategically? And why these five approaches in particular? A good place to start in answering these questions...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...world’s most serious diseases. The pandemic of flu that occurred in 1918, immediately following the First World War, is thought to have killed up to 50 million people: many more than died in the war itself. More recently, the 2009 ‘swine flu’ pandemic caused widespread panic across parts of the world, although it resulted in relatively few fatalities. The following...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...World Wide Web on the 6 August 1991), but online activity has already become ubiquitous in the developed world and is becoming progressively more common in much of the developing world as well (Naughton, 2016). Psychologists studying cybercrime, including its perpetrators and victims, are interested both in what makes cybercrime unique (e.g. does online anonymity increase...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...world? JS: The International Energy Agency is an interesting body, because obviously it has a history, it goes right back to that period of the 1970s we talked about and basically it was a consumer’s club where people ganged up together to protect themselves against a monopolistic oil supply and it’s gradually developed new kinds of roles. RH: But it’s a rich...
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Audio 5 mins
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...world and is shaped both by power (what actors can achieve) and by values (what actors want to achieve)...‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?: 2 Securing food, sharing land - Who should own land and how may land be legitimately acquired? The video below, Land Prices in East Anglia, starts to answer these questions by visiting East Anglia. Activity 1 Land prices in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...world wide web and the computational power of machines led to statistical machine translation. This method used frequency and probability rather than rules or examples to produce translations. In 2006, Google Translate launched, bringing machine translation to anyone with an internet connection. Despite advancements, statistical methods had issues with fluency and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...world record - The evening sunshine of Gothenburg, Sweden, in August 1995, was the setting in which British athlete, Jonathan Edwards, broke the world record in the triple jump. The record still stands at the time of writing (February 2017). In the next activity, you’ll get some insight into Jonathan’s circumstances in the build-up to his world record that night,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs