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Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...Latin America. A series of fascist regimes took power by force, and with the assistance and training of the US, enacted violent campaigns in which enemies of the state were routinely killed and disappeared. [Text on screen: The rise of non-state actors] In the 1970s and 80s, small groups of left-wing revolutionaries emerged who saw themselves as the Vanguard of an...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...Latin American populations in comparison to white populations within the United States (Coker et al., 2016). Additionally, as mental illness can be a source of shame in some cultures, this can prevent individuals and their families seeking help. Belief that mental illness is a sign of personal weakness may be more common in educationally disadvantaged minority...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...Latin America and the Caribbean signed the Treaty of Tlatelolco, establishing a NWFZ stretching from the US-Mexican border to the southern tip of South America. The initiative was driven by Mexican diplomats, particularly Alfonso García Robles, a committed peace and anti-nuclear activist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 for his achievements. This was the first...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...Latin ‘innovāre’, meaning ‘to renew / alter’ (OED, 2014). The OED defines the verb ‘to innovate’ as: To change (a thing) into something new; to alter; to renew. To bring in (something new) the first time; to introduce as new. To bring in or introduce novelties; to make changes in something established; to introduce innovations. (OED, 2014) There is a subtle...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...Latin Americans, may take place at a much closer physical distance than travellers are accustomed to in their home countries. Avoid making the sign of thumb and forefinger forming a circle with other fingers pointing up, known as the ‘okay’ sign in some nations; it has an obscene meaning. If entertained in a home, flowers and a thank you note sent the following day...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...Latin poem titled ‘De Vetula’, written during the 13th century. It is thought that the reason many copies of this poem survived is because it provided medieval gamblers with a certain way to make money, even though they almost certainly did not understand it!...Week 1: Chance and chaos: 1.3 Problem of points - You are now going to look at the ‘problem of points’,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Latin America, different parts of the world. It’s not always possible obviously if someone is presenting a programme of music from the Renaissance and Baroque, that might not be possible. But certainly if it is a programme of music from the19th, 20th, 21st century, it’s something that I encourage performers to look at. LAURA HAMER Thank you very much for sharing your...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...Latin for ‘sea’) to the left. Because of the Latin origin of the word, the plural of mare is maria (pronounced ‘MAH-ria’). Early observers saw these dark smooth surfaces and guessed wrongly that they might be seas, hence the name. The reason why there are so few craters on the left is that this area was flooded by volcanic lava after most of the impact craters...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs