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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...geography and the sociology of consumption, generated new ideas about markets and demand, informing and advising governments, which developed ‘predict and provide’ policies. It was also a time of growing consumer awareness and movement, such as those demanding greater automobile safety. The management challenge of this process is relatively simple: invest in...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...geographies is a fool’s errand, much as we’d like to think otherwise. (Khanna, 2014, p. 60) Khanna stresses that ‘Most universal truths about management play out differently in different contexts: best practices don’t necessarily travel’. Accordingly, ‘Global companies won’t succeed in unfamiliar markets unless they adapt – or even rebuild – their...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...Geography. The appeal of non-fiction for Ruby seems to be that she can read small chunks of information and dip in and out of the text. She also often comments on the illustrations and photographs in her reading. Nafiul doesn’t choose books to read. His favourite activity at home is console games, but he has recently shown an interest in The Beano and The Phoenix comics...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...geography, no less than its history, Egypt played and plays an ambiguous role in the European imagination. The relationship of Egyptian art and culture to the ‘Western’ tradition continues to be a subject of debate. For a long time, the conventional view was that Egypt stood outside the Western canon, and the literature is studded with references that situate Egypt...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...geography teacher was teaching about climate change. However, I still didn't think that our water scarcity was due to climate change because he spoke of it as a crisis that's going to happen in the far distant future. But I started reading about it. As I read on, I realised that climate change is a real issue, but I was thinking about it happening in other places. I...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...geography and societies. To stereotypical European perceptions of Africans as ‘barbaric’, Park brought corrective insights based on his own first-hand observation and experience. This was one of many examples of reason correcting prejudice. Even as Romanticism was gaining pace in literature and art, the Enlightenment's concern for accurate facts and sound reasoning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
How to learn a language Badge icon
Languages

How to learn a language

...geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need. Independent user B1 Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...geography: where is it located? Is it local? Is it international? demographics: including the size of other businesses in it, the stage of maturity, volume of potential business, and so on behavioural characteristics: how do businesses compete? Consider the value of all purchases, frequency of purchase (i.e. one-offs or regular) and so on decision-making process: who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs