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David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...Introduction - This course examines David Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, ‘Of the immortality of the soul’. More generally, they examine some of the shifts in attitude concerning death and religious belief that were taking place in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, through...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
History & The Arts

Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing

...management speak, the kind of words that politicians are using this year, the kind of words that school kids are using this year. Every job, every profession, every social class has its own vocabulary, and they change year on year, and I think one of the jobs of a playwright is to listen to those and keep up to date with those. I think on the whole you instinctively...
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...managing their worry and building their confidence’. The capacity to understand, often intuitively, and ‘read’ the performer was highlighted by many of the research participants as a central feature of an effective coach-performer relationship. A human coach would likely be better at reading their gymnast’s body language and adapt their coaching to make the...
The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...Manager, described Elouise’s influence in this way: She is a woman with a vision which she shares with those who are ready to support and improve the lives of others while pursuing issues that benefit the community. ... Her involvement and encouragement led to Moss Side being the cradle of community development in Manchester. She exchanged positive ideas about community...
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...managed to hijack it, got it to London . I don’t know what happened to the Wimbledon champions but we pinched their studio, it was a temporary one and we erected it inside the London Zoo so that I could have the animals there in a relaxed state. I could also let the animals live there, go in there during the day before the show, and in that way I could hope to...
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...Introduction - Are you ever frustrated with something that you thought you could design better? Perhaps something at work, or in your local community? Design thinking can structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun during the process too! In this course, you will find a mix of inspirational readings, ‘how to’...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...Introduction - We start the week by thinking about why we teach pronunciation and what pronunciation to teach. You will also familiarise yourself with the main features of pronunciation. You will be asked to reflect on concepts such as intelligibility, fluency, foreign accent, language variation, articulation and acoustics. By the end of this week you will have:...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...managers, etc., so it’s harder for them at the start. But as you see with the vulture film, it actually pays dividends, so as well as having hundreds of thousands of views it was featured on the BBC News as well as all sorts of other uptake. So the proof’s in the pudding and people loved it. Using archive for Green.TV I would say yes you can, it’s kind of taking it...