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Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...work for different people and at different times. I’ve sometimes described it as ‘anti-self-help’ because it doesn’t locate our problems in us as individuals, and its starting point is a gentle criticism of mainstream self-help. But how is the project of producing self-help a research project, and what methods does it use? Actually my project weaves together...
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Article 5 mins
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...social justice, drawing on a wide range of primary sources. In doing so, it assesses the achievements, shortcomings and revolutionary qualities of the civil rights movement...In this free course, The American Civil Rights Movement, you will learn about the mass movement for racial equality in the United States that reached its zenith during the 1950s and 1960s. During...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Risk management Badge icon
Money & Business

Risk management

...work on time, or trying to take a shortcut, or whatever it might be. Everything has a risk. And generally, we take risks so we can try and maximise or take advantage of some opportunity somewhere. Video 1 What does ‘risk’ mean?...Session 1: Living in a world of risk: 2 The importance of managing risk - Now watch Video 2 from the experts on why risk management is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...sociales passées ou actuelles afin d’informer ou de faire réagir le spectateur. Le cinéma engagé existe sous différentes formes telles que les documentaires, les longs métrages, ou même les films animés et expérimentaux. L’une des initiatives locales mettant en lumière des thématiques sociales est le « Printemps du film engagé », ayant lieu chaque année...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...social and economic context...An important aspect of personal finance is the way in which individuals and households manage their debt, how much it costs and the different types of credit they can or cannot access. This free course, You and your money, explores these issues, with respect to the wider, changing, social and economic context....You and your money:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Free tech tools to help you study
Digital & Computing

Free tech tools to help you study

...works for you and your studies. ...What this resource is about Are you new to being a student and setting up your laptop ready to study? Or perhaps you're returning after a break and getting back into the swing of things. You may already have preferences for how your devices are set up. For example, you might like dark mode, prefer having documents read aloud, or find...
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Article 5 mins
'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...need for solutions to address economic, social and environmental sustainability aspects. That will ensure, at the very least our ‘good’ food wouldn’t be tainted with the ‘guilt’ of having destroyed biodiversity. Find out more: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity The real story behind cereals Saving Species on Radio 4 International Day for Biodiversity...
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Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...social revolutions of the 1960s impacted upon American rock musician Janis Joplin (1943–1970). You’ll consider the extent to which the contemporary sexual revolution brought about greater gender equality for female popular musicians such as Janis Joplin and consider whether it might be more accurate to view this as a superficial revolution which masked the reality of...
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Article 10 mins