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Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...communities worldwide. Activity 1 Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Record some initial thoughts on what you think international relations means/covers. You can then reflect on you initial answer after reading the next section...Introducing International Relations: 1.1 The subject of international relations - Every academic discipline has a main focus, or purpose. For...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...communication short courses. You can study a wide range of language and language related subjects with us anywhere in the world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...communication and gain insights into Chinese society and culture. This free course, Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course, provides a brief introduction to the Chinese language, its scripts and sounds, and how words are formed. You will hear short conversations where people greet each other and introduce themselves, and learn how to count from one to ten. You’ll learn...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 2

...communication short courses. You can study a wide range of language and language related subjects with us anywhere in the world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...oral and written feedback comments – the challenge is to make this feedback effective (specific, encouraging, clear) and to engage students in a dialogue about their work. Weeden (2005) suggests prompts should encourage immediate improvements. Can you think of some examples? Reminder prompts – say more about … Scaffold prompts – can you explain why …?...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...community. Comment Identifying the kinds of people who are valued as leaders is a valuable method of critical self-reflection. One influential body of leadership theory, rooted in social psychology, maintains that organisations and sectors tend to choose leaders who are typical of the broader group (Hogg, 2001; Hogg and Terry, 2000). For example, if an organisation seems...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Asa Briggs and new maps of learning
History & The Arts

Asa Briggs and new maps of learning

...community? Should you concentrate on one age group? Should you alter the curriculum? What is the relationship between general education and specialist education? These were the questions that we asked. I don't think they had been asked very profoundly in England before, and I don't think all universities in England ask them now. But one of the advantages of being a new...
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Article 5 mins
Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...community life. But secondly, it also affects the psychological need for respect. What he has in mind is what Stephen Darwall has called recognition respect. That is the recognition by our peers that we are a person with interests and a life worth living. It also affects the ability of people to take part in the reciprocal nature of mutual respect. Not because people in...
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