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Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...write ‘bY’ instead of writing ‘b × Y’ (with the multiplication sign ‘×’). The general rule is that when two terms are placed side by side, they are to be multiplied. The economy as modelled by the circular flow diagram, below, appears to be a rather peaceful place, where expenditure is always identical to output and saving is always identical to investment....
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...write this piece. But what do you think is really most distinctive about the idea of global development compared to other understandings of development? RORY HORNER I think fundamentally we’re talking about a change in the geography of development. So we often think of development issues just in relation to – and we have different terms, we have third world,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...write down your responses on a sheet of paper that you can refer to later in this course.) Putting yourself in the role of the community police officer, what would you want to get out of the situation? How would you ‘diagnose’ the behaviour of the community member towards you? What behaviours do you think they are displaying towards you? What do you think might be the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...writes that obesity is usually treated as the responsibility of individuals or families, and is not viewed as a social problem in the same way as, for example, low-educational achievement. As a result the solutions provided are pitched at the individual or family level. 3. In terms of children, which borough in London is England’s ‘most obese council’? Comment In...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...Write a letter if you are afraid to talk face-to-face. Talk to someone who doesn’t know you such as a GP, support service or therapist if you don’t feel comfortable talking to a loved one. Start by journaling and then transition to speaking. Practice speaking in the mirror before you talk to someone if you are struggling to do so. Remember that you will probably feel...
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Article 10 mins
The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...writings, his Confession, and his Letter to Corotic, which that judicious critic doubts not to be genuine. The style in both is the same; he is expressed in them to be the author; the Confession is quoted by all the authors of his life, and the Letter was written before the conversion of the Franks under King Clovis, in 496. " Where was Saint Patrick born? On his birth...
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Article 10 mins
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...write about infrequently because they are considered ‘ultra vires’, out of scope for being intimate, private or domestic. No imagination but the nation: Whiteness Phenotypical Whiteness and structural Whiteness are often conflated and regularly confused. What I see in the mirror is not causing divisions and hierarchies in one of the most iconic states of Black Africa,...
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Video 30 mins
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...creativity, innovation and dynamics in our social systems to start amplifying a step in the right direction to the necessary walking up the ladder of change to a very different future if you like. RH: I mean there are many problems of course, but one enormous problem is coal; what to do about countries that have coal, vast reserves of coal and want to be able...
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Audio 5 mins