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Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...communicate the nuances of coordination required to balance the machine upright or negotiate a bend in the road. Similarly, the written convention of how to proceed on the public highway can be explained, but it is much more difficult to transfer the skills required to anticipate another road user’s actions. [Described image] Figure 5 New York riding school, circa 1869....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...communicated? Does the writing build and have a sense of direction? Can you discern an overall plan? Discussion This essay contains some interesting and important points; but does it work? 1 Is there an introduction and a conclusion, which help to guide the reader? There is no introduction and no conclusion – in fact, at the end the essay is almost left ‘hanging’ by...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...community and France itself. On 19 July 2019, the French Parliament passed a new bill requiring Notre-Dame’s restoration to mimic its exact appearance before the fire. This restoration work is estimated to be an incredibly difficult and long-running project. This is because the newly built sections need to be made from material which matches the original building and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...Communication conservation on TV: ‘Deadly 60’ Now there are programmes which are absolutely fantastic, like Deadly 60 with Steve Backshall. What that has is a passion, an excitement about it, he’s there, he’s actually doing it, in the middle of the jungle or wherever and he really, honestly, does live it and breathe it and that’s what comes through on camera....
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Video 30 mins
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...community settings. For Fucault such transformations herald a more tightly though less openly controlled society, in which all aspects of social life became subject to surveillance, official scrutiny, and discipline. In this cassette we'll be exploring whether such notions as panopticism, or the carceral society, have any bearing nowadays, in particular we focus on the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...communities in the past, today 90 per cent of people live in urban areas. That change has blasted the foundations of a culture that, for 2,500 years, has been profoundly influenced by Confucianism, a value system that made sense of subsistence life in small, often isolated farming communities. “The focus was on cooperation and working together,” Kim explains....
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Article 15 mins
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...communities and it’s having a very negative impact on those communities. But it at least appears to be a general public good that government can produce for everybody and that isn’t as susceptible to accusations of special interests or unfairness. Governing through crime...Introduction to critical criminology: Key features of critical criminology - The following box...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...community or landscape in which they live and practise and prevailing policy frameworks. Thus, your own understanding of what constitutes, creates and perpetuates inequality in education will be informed by your personal history of participation in education and the environment in which you are living and working. [Described image] Figure 1 Equality versus equity....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs