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How does the media impact politics?
Society, Politics & Law

How does the media impact politics?

...social media, impacts our lives: our understanding of politics past and present, our democratic engagement, and our opinions. If we think of politics as the exercise of power, the importance of the media becomes clear: it is a place in which politics takes place. It also becomes clear that you don’t need to be a politician to ‘do politics’; the media can be used to...
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Religion Today
History & The Arts

Religion Today

...social norms and the lives of individuals, it touches almost every area of public and private life. This course examines many of the most exciting and controversial issues in religion today, including the impact of globalisation/Evangelicalism, feminism and environmentalism, and whether secularisation might mean the eventual death of religious practices and institutions,...
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Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...working collectively. Developing compassionate thinking through such pedagogies can nurture sustainable individuals in life and work. Examples of compassionate pedagogies: Poems, story-telling, art, music, listening with empathy, valuing learners’ contributions, building relationships, having the space and tools to be heard, supporting agency/change, and project work...
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Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...work. The course discusses issues involved in the handling of chemical and biological agents, basic safety procedures and common field-work hazards...Health, safety and risk assessment are of paramount importance both in the laboratory and the field. This free course, Health and safety in the laboratory and field, will help make you more aware of the hazards and risks...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Explainer: how do you read an election poll?
Society, Politics & Law

Explainer: how do you read an election poll?

...social class, and probably other features such as work status (employed, unemployed, retired, and so on) and the region of the country where they live. Most of the polling organisations speak to their sample of electors either by telephone interviews or through websites. The margin of error There are several kinds of opinion poll results for an election. The commonest...
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Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...social media already for being too slim, not busty, and not fit enough to play the part, but this should not be surprising given that women tend to be more heavily criticised on appearances. Not only is there a complete lack of women in superhero films, but the women are either cast as damsels in distress (e.g. Lois Lane) which serves to infantilise women, or as sidekicks...
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Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...social and the religious. In fact, religious dances continued to arise in various sites and forms in the next centuries. War dances [Spanish woman dressed up ready for festivity ] War dances are well recorded all over Spain from 17th century. They became popular forms of social storytelling across the Iberian Peninsula. They were a vehicle for people to engage with their...
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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...work that lies ahead. After the US election, it emerged that Trump may not have any idea what a president does. Six months after the UK’s vote to leave the EU it is apparent that the British government has no clue about what to do next. Indeed, some government ministers do not even seem to understand the basics of international trade policy. And the UK’s opposition...
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