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Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...social skills to communicate and interact (see Section 2). You want to advance your career. A PhD is not the only option for further study in psychology, so you need to decide whether it is the best choice for your own career pathway. It is an additional degree that will certainly look good on a CV, and the skills developed in psychology PhD study will be relevant to...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic

...Social Sciences courses. Background 2020 and 2021 have been described as years like no other; “unprecedented times” was a phrase often used as a way of capturing the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for railway workers working life carried on as normal in so far as they all booked on for duty, facing the public on a daily basis and carrying out their usual duties,...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...socially) as a human being, acting as a daily physical interface between myself and the world. While these objects may have been manufactured by acts of human agency, they also in turn shape me as a user and consumer of them. They mediate a wide range of interactions between myself and other objects and human beings, while themselves constituting a part of my physical...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...interacting with people. c.Organising a fundraising event or social gathering: The skills required to organise and run a successful event are extensive, from making decisions and planning, to relationship building and negotiating. d.Mentoring or coaching someone: While this activity focuses on a specific element of leadership, it is a crucial one. Listening to people and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...social groups interact? In this part of the course you explore topics such as slavery, patronage and the family, and consider where people lived and the public spaces such as theatres, amphitheatres and the baths where they interacted. The available evidence is rich and varied – literature in all its forms, inscriptions, epitaphs, buildings, mosaics, frescos, tombs and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...Social media networking involves online interaction with other people. These might be friends or total strangers, and often the interaction is through specific groups or communities who share similar interests. It can be a helpful way in which to expand your knowledge, and contacts, or exchange mutual support. It is also becoming one of the ways in which employers recruit...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...social interactions, and why it is that animals will go out of their way to help one another and also they can become very easily habituated to human observers. The aim of habituation is to get the animals to a stage where they’re not scared of people. And there are a number of large animals wandering around the Kalahari Desert, there’s lots of different species of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...Social interaction which enables individuals to engage in conversations, express their thoughts, and establish connections with others. Communication is more than just what is said. It is a mixture of verbal and non-verbal messages that can change depending on individual preferences or the circumstances (UK Coaching, 2018). Broadly speaking, when we refer to communication...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs