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The Partition of British India: Timeline
History & The Arts

The Partition of British India: Timeline

...that British withdrawal and the division of the country was to take place in just two months. The social ruptures and atrocities that accompany the unfolding of this time-compressed partition plan, particularly along the partitioned borderlands of Punjab and Bengal, ensure that the new nation-states of India and Pakistan are born with profound mutual distrust and enmity....
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Finding women in Greek literature
History & The Arts

Finding women in Greek literature

...social historian has the most to work with. The subject of female virtue is a good case in point. Perhaps most interesting is the tendency of authors to offer up examples of what men consider to be bad female behaviour – caused, according to Greek male thought, by women failing to fulfil their natural potential (physis). Interestingly, a negative model is often...
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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...social engineering,” this type of attack is extremely successful because individual users’ actions remain the most challenging cybersecurity problem. Properly developed and deployed security technologies such as malware filters can make these attacks more difficult (but not impossible) to succeed. So can the implementation of more securely designed email systems and...
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5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...social stimulation, levels decrease significantly. The decline that follows is usually steep and leads to rapid deterioration of the individual. Care home residents, in addition to cognitive impairment already present, are likely to quickly develop co-morbidities that require multiple medications; significant limitations in carrying out day to day activities including...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...social constructivist theories of learning to coach development understand how coaches filter new ideas before potentially implementing some of them into their coaching practice describe the principles of adult learning and how they can relate to your practice as a coach developer...Session 2: How do coaches learn?: 1 Can you remember how you improved as a coach? - We are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...presidential candidate since Eugene Debs in the early twentieth century, he openly describes himself as a democratic socialist whose ideal societies are to be found today in the social democracies of Scandinavia. Bernie Sanders He is not exactly a Trotsky or a Lenin, but is a battle-scarred old warrior who has consistently fought for his entire political life...
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Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision

...social media is probably the way forward, not main broadcasters. There’ll always be beautiful films about animals we can look at from afar, but I’m sure that if change is going to come it’s not going to come through the main broadcasters, because they're just too cumbersome and too heavy, it’s going to come through social media where you actually feel you can make...
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The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...Socially orientated, sensitive and responsive; sometimes indecisive Completer/Finisher Makes sure that all tasks are finished off completely Painstaking, orderly, conscientious; can be anxious and find it difficult to ‘let go’ (Source: adapted from Belbin, 1981) It is important to bear in mind that Belbin's roles are not something anyone is born into. They do not mean...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs