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The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...religion. This course doesn't require extensive prior knowledge of Christianity, though you will need to study the context within which the Byzantine icon was developed and the purpose it served (and still serves). As such, the Bible is a vital source for understanding the subjects depicted on Byzantine icons. Once you're familiar with the concept of the Byzantine icon,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...religion, age, intelligence, along with things like how much you trust the people you know and how strong those relationships are. We can do all of this really well. And again, it doesn't come from what you might think of as obvious information. So my favourite example is from this study that was published this year in the Proceedings of the National Academies. If you...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...religion and football, which is a slightly left-field part of my career in that it wasn’t really my focus for much of my career, which was sustainability, environment. But that was a documentary which I devoted a year of my life to, I did a pretty good job on it, it was very well received, helped to propel my career. The documentary was called And They Think It’s All...
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Video 30 mins
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...religion or sexual orientation of the victim. Key theorists Key theorists who have conducted research or written about crimes of the powerful include: Stanley Cohen; Hazel Croall; Frank Pearce; Edwin Sutherland; Steve Tombs; Dave Whyte (Source: adapted from Mclaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (eds), 2001)...Crimes of the powerful: Dominant ideologies - One of the central...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...religion 10 Freedom to receive and impart ideas and information 11 Freedom of association 12 Right to marry and found a family 13 Right to an effective remedy 14 Right to enjoy other Convention rights without discrimination Protocol 1 Article 1* Right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions Protocol 1 Article 2 Right to education Protocol 1 Article 3 Right to free and fair...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...religion, and the belief that inanimate objects have a spirit. He himself favours a more mundane explanation: popular culture. There are lots of films and TV series in Japan that feature benevolent robots that come to your rescue. When we in the West see robots on television they are more likely to be malevolent. Either way, though, I’m not Japanese. On a simple level...
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Video 15 mins
Advanced German: Fragen der Identität
Languages

Advanced German: Fragen der Identität

...Religion, Ethnie und Kultur in verschiedenen Ausführungen und wir schätzen diese Pluralität – sie birgt viele Chancen und ist für uns typisch deutsch.“ Der Verein will durch einen offenen Umgang mit multikulturellen Lebensstilen für Verständnis und Akzeptanz auf allen Seiten sorgen. So gehen die Mitglieder des Vereins zum Beispiel in Schulen und diskutieren dort...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...religions also provide frameworks for how to live a good and moral or ethical life (although what counts as ‘moral’ or ‘immoral’ differs between religions and often changes within a religion over time). The range of ideas about living well, however, also poses a problem for psychology researchers who, unlike religious leaders or ancient philosophers, are not...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs