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Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...Introduction - Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes, and yet all species have some characteristics in common. Indeed, it’s the existence of these common features that justifies the inclusion of all such diverse types within the single taxonomic group (or class) called the Mammalia. This free course, Introducing mammals, offers a starting point if...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...introduction to one of the contentious topics in public international law: the use of force. In this course, you will explore international rules governing the use of force, including an introduction to the laws of war (International Humanitarian Law). Finally, you will also consider the dilemma of humanitarian intervention, which you can later apply in the game Saving...
Designing the Spanish nation
Languages

Designing the Spanish nation

...managed to return, finally getting its current sound and official status as national anthem in 1997. History goes that it was not the monarch, but the Spanish population who called it Royal March (Marcha Real) and adopted it as the hymn for their nation despite that it was simply that, a military march without lyrics, a march that no one could sing. This preference was...
United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
Society, Politics & Law

United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool

...managed by women, most from the immediate locality. [Save the Pool Activists Campaigning amidst the Tenements of Govanhill] Govanhill Baths is now far more than a swimming facility, important that this is. The project has grown to become a wide-reaching anchor organisation in the Govanhill area, as well as across the wider Southside of Glasgow. Throughout this...
The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...managers to extremely poor women participating in the Chemen Lavi Miyò (CLM) programme helped them understand the importance of using the water filters they were provided with through the programme (Roelen and Saha, 2019). In Bangladesh, community mobilisers helped to connect participants in the CLARISSA Cash Plus programme to government assistance and NGO-provided...
Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket

...Managing Sport and Leisure, 22(1), pp. 54–69. Moreshead, S. (2018) ‘Who on earth is The Hundred for? We try to identify the ECB's mysterious “new audience”', The Cricketer. Available at: https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/domestic/who_on_earth_is_the_hundred_for_we_try_to_identify_the_ecb's_mysterious_'new_audience'.html (Accessed 28 April 2020). The Hundred...
Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...Managing Relationships and Work References Conner, T. and Barrett, L. F. (2005) ‘Implicit self-attitudes predict spontaneous affect in daily life’, Emotion, 5(4), pp. 476–88, doi: 10.1037/1528-3542.5.4.476. Olson, M. A. and Fazio, R. H. (2002) ‘Implicit acquisition and manifestation of classically conditioned attitudes’, Social Cognition, 20, pp. 89–104, doi:...
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...manage external risks so well. The government and support agencies do not know the full extent of the problem (unlike children in need or at risk of significant harm in their families). Within the social care system, there are helpful initiatives emerging. Carlene Firmin (a Professor of sociology at Durham University and expert in this area) has championed a new way of...