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African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...education and a form of primitivism, to Comte’s fetishism represented the ‘positive’ starting point of all developments for humankind the ‘childhood of humankind’ as he put it (Böhme, 2014). Edward B. Tylor (1871) and Émile Durkheim (1912/1915) in their works similarly rejected Hume’s thesis of fetishism as the foundation of all religions and replaced the...
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Finding your way after the death of a significant person
Health, Sports & Psychology

Finding your way after the death of a significant person

...Education and Language Studies faculty, focusing on bereavement within racially minoritised groups, I’ve had the privilege of listening to many personal stories of loss, resilience and ‘healing’. The people behind these stories are diverse in their heritage, traditions, upbringing and generally how they deal with loss. Through those stories, I’ve learned a few key...
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English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...education affect your attitudes to language? Were there any experiences related to language from your school days which have left a strong impression on you? How have the activities you’ve engaged in since school (e.g. work, family life, pastimes) affected your language use? Comment Here is a short selection of extracts from English speakers from around the world who...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...Educational Funding Council for Wales. [HEFCW logo]...Hybrid working: skills for leadership: Introduction - It seems that there has been a shift in acceptance of hybrid working since the pandemic, with mixed-location working here to stay for many organisations. For years many employees had battled with bureaucracy for the right to work wherever they felt would be the most...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...education or schooling) leaders are elected by popular vote (the institution of democracy) people with insufficient income receive benefits in cash or kind (the institution of welfare) people have a choice as to how and from whom they obtain goods and services (the institution of the market) although not only characteristic of liberal democracies, wealth is distributed...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...Education (published weekly on a Tuesday) – you might feel this tends to give an air of authority. The data was taken from a Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) publication, called Excellence in Schools, and published in 1997. Therefore, the UK Government published the data. The data relates to the amount of homework and television that children in their last...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...education UK defence and national security local government the fiscal, economic and monetary system economic development immigration and nationality tourism energy: electricity, coal, gas and nuclear energy criminal law common markets civil law trade and industry, including competition and customer protection agriculture and food railways, transport safety and regulation...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...educated in the western tradition, it is often hard to escape the trap of thinking that can be described as mechanistic, linear, reductionist and systematic, with all those attributes in service of certainty and control. It is necessary to practice so as to break out of this trap, but in doing so we must be wary not to steer away from one pitfall just to walk into...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs