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The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...de Triomphe. [Described image] Figure 2 The unveiling of the cenotaph in Whitehall, 1920. In London, a cenotaph – which literally means ‘empty tomb’ – was also established in 1919. This was initially a temporary structure, but due to its popularity a permanent tomb was built and unveiled in 1920. Symbolically significant sites such as these, along with countless...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...based learning file and a hard-copy learning file, each complementing the other. You will find more suggestions for building up a learning file of this kind in Box 2 'Setting up a learning file'. If this is an idea you are already familiar with, and keeping a log of your own learning appeals to you, then you can now see how your approach is a strength you can build on. If...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...based on our experiences and our interpretation of those experiences. These ‘internal models’ shape our thoughts and actions and lead us to expect certain outcomes from certain activities. They change and evolve with new experiences or (hopefully) when challenged by new information. They are the means by which we make sense of the world by searching for familiar...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...based on the feel we have of our own bodies, as much as in the symbols which define our unique social identity … if the body is not the person, then what is the person? The body image and self-image we develop is based on the sense of being embodied and the way in which this experience is mediated by culture. (Burkitt, 1999, p. 147) Although bodily experience is rooted...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...based on the characteristics of an individual apparently ‘born to lead’ (Rogers and Reynolds, 2003). Similarly, a singular emphasis on ‘position’ ignores the influence that those without formal office may exert and overemphasises the authority of high office (which does not in itself guarantee leadership). Rather, to understand how leadership operates in practice,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...base. But I find those things are the things to return to. So it's more like just putting down a marker. And then I come back to those things with a sense that I know that book was particularly interesting in how it kind of dealt with different voices or how it had a kind of peculiar rhythm that I found really interesting or great imagery. And then I can go back, and I...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...based on this approach are yet routinely used – the evidence needs to be better and there are some practical difficulties in implementing things like sleep deprivation,” says John Geddes, a professor of epidemiological psychiatry at the University of Oxford. Even so, interest in the processes underpinning chronotherapy is beginning to spread. “Insights into the...
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Article 15 mins
What is a metal?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a metal?

...based on the flame colour. Often one flame colour will dominate or a different colour is observed that could be the combination of two colours. What spectrum would you expect to see if a mixture of lithium and copper salts is placed in the flame? The spectrum of a mixture of lithium and copper will show red and orange lines from lithium and green and blue lines from...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs