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Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...studies in Russia and South Korea showing that most elite female athletes had much lower testosterone levels, between 0.1 and 3.08 nmol/L. In fact, they added, 99 percent of female athletes had testosterone below 3.08 nmol/L. If anything, they said, the 10 nmol/L cap for women was "arguably too generous." But Chand, who will race the 100-meter dash at the Olympics on...
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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...study of that very phenomenon called Get Out of My Room! Its author is Jason Reid, who lectures in History at Ryerson University in Toronto, from where he now joins me, while here in the studio I have Sian Lincoln, who’s Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Jason, going over to you first in Toronto, that Beach Boys song would you agree...
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Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...studying and using statistics. The good news is that these days, when we carry out statistics in social science, very little of it is done by hand. Instead, we use a computer programme to do most of the hard work for us. The most common computer software that we use for carrying out statistics in the social sciences is the aptly named: Statistical Package for the Social...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...study Delacroix's early career, his classical background, the development of Romantic ideas and their incorporation into his work. You will have the opportunity to study some of his most important paintings and compare them to works favouring a Neoclassical approach. You will also be able to see how his themes, subjects and style were influenced by Romantic ideas, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
EPQs: why give a presentation?
Education & Development

EPQs: why give a presentation?

...available online to help you prepare and give good presentations. Here are two from the Open University that you might find useful: Communicating and presenting: skills for OU study Giving presentations [Extended Project Qualification banner]This article is part of our ‘EPQ - helps and tips’ series. Click here to view the other articles or find them listed below....
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Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...study interviews with active researchers and activities to help you understand data sources and sampling...What are the key features of qualitative and quantitative research in finance? What do they involve in practical terms, and what they can produce? This free course, Quantitative and qualitative research in finance, explores the underpinning methodologies, then looks...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...study experiences), or how they are used in media and by society at large (e.g. in newspapers, social media). You might find that your responses to each are very similar, or that you see a difference in who does each, where each occur, and how each are conducted. In practice, there are many different research approaches and methodologies, and so there are many different...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...skills of textual analysis...This free course, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, concentrates on Acts 1 and 2 of John Webster's Renaissance tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi. It focuses on the representation of marriage for love and the social conflicts to which it gives rise. The course is designed to hone your skills of textual analysis....John Webster, The Duchess of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs