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Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...type of criticism it attracts. In 1993 there was even an ‘Anti-Turner Prize’. It awarded £40,000 (twice as much as was awarded to that year's Turner Prize winner) to Rachel Whiteread (see Plate 6) for producing the ‘worst’ body of work that year. The money was nailed to a wooden frame and secured to the railings outside the Tate Gallery. Whiteread was allowed...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...type of impairment). Such cultural stereotypes can both suppress someone’s performance, their perception of their own abilities and other people’s views of their capabilities. However, counter-stories can work against this. They are powerful because they offer a lens for reviewing discrimination, prejudice, inequity, racism and intolerance. They make us question the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...type of satisfaction is, essentially, the bread and butter of all successful clue–puzzle stories, from Poe onwards. You will delve deeper into this ludic dimension of the genre later in the course. In the case of the golden age of detective fiction, this informal contract between writer and readers culminated in the foundation of a ‘Detection Club’ of writers led by...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...type of thinking not experienced in many other subjects, as well as a tool for some it is a language used across the curriculum and it trains disciplined thinking. Other reasons are more instrumental. Mathematics is important in schools because: it is seen as a measure of academic ability a qualification in mathematics is normally a requirement to enter tertiary...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...type repel each other, and charges of different types attract each other. For example, static electricity can cause hair to stand on end as similarly charged strands of hair all try to avoid each other, while in lightning a build up of negatively charged electrons moves rapidly to a region of positive charge. Electrically charged particles exert forces on each other at a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...type of service is particularly useful for those who may experience communication difficulties. Data management, accountability and security Algorithms ensure that the latest guidelines are imported into a system, so that all information contained within it is kept constantly up-to-date. It does not need manual involvement – it is able to update itself, saving the need...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...types of relationships because they have the capacity to satisfy many of the social and psychological needs of the parties involved. These types of personal relationships have a life cycle and research has been undertaken that follows this life cycle from beginning to end and considers some of the key characteristics such as attraction, communication and self-disclosure,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...types. Conflict process Examples Intervention process Disputes over resources and wants Land ownership Investment choices Sharing of facilities Leadership Negotiation Goal-based problems - difference in objectives Priorities - who should be first in line for housing, health services, and funding etc. What counts as project success e.g. number of people in employment vs...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs