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Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...LA where she mainly worked in gay clubs over the next decade. The restrictive climate of the 1950s made it very difficult to be a masc-presenting lesbian and in 1952 she published an essay saying that she had been made ‘cured’ of her lesbianism and was now married to a man and started wearing dresses. The validity of this could not be provided and many people believed...
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Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...based on the belief that the advanced study of music should be centred not just on music but also on musicians acting within a social and cultural environment. This shift from music as a product (which tends to imply fixity) to music as a process involving composer, performer, and consumer (i.e. listeners) has involved new methods, some of them borrowed from the social...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...based on stories such as ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Bluebeard’. It’s possible to find versions of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ where the Swan is a duck, and in some versions there is no swan at all; instead the children’s father just finds them in the forest. In other versions the white bird that leads Hansel and Gretel to the witch does not feature and in yet...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...based on elections, establishing a system of indirect rather than direct rule by the people, came to be known as ‘representative democracy’, and then simply as ‘democracy’. The foundations of what we call democracy today were laid by constitutional designers such as James Madison, one of the founding fathers of the US Constitution, who sought to restrain rather...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...based on their origins from the early mammals of the Cretaceous period. The three groups are monotremes, marsupials and placentals, each a subclass of the class Mammalia. The three groups are distinguished by their differing modes of reproduction...Introducing mammals: 2.1.1 Monotremes - Monotremes diverged from the main group of early mammals in the Lower Jurassic...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...based upon the concept of negative freedom would typically be one in which state interference in individual lives is kept to a minimum. This would not necessarily be a democratic society since a benevolent dictator might be concerned to provide an extensive realm of individual negative freedom for each of his or her subjects. Activity 3: Positive and negative freedom...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...de Vil, villains are often the most thrilling aspect of a story and can be more exciting than the hero. It is argued that ‘villainy is integral in narratives that reflect the innermost fears of the human psyche and is often a significant part of the construction of loss whether it is loss of innocence, loss of loved ones, loss of power, or loss of self and/or...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...based on assessed need. And that means that we can support the children and young people at the point of need and who most require it. But we do have generous provision for everyone. The Education Authority has a very hopeful and supportive process. And they have a slogan which says "we want to ensure that all children can be the best that we can be." So in Northern...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs