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Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare

...history and legend and tradition--and, oh, all the darling tribe are clothed in mystery and romance, and we read about them with deep interest and discuss them with loving sympathy or with rancorous resentment, according to which side we hitch ourselves to. It has always been so with the human race. There was never a Claimant that couldn't get a hearing, nor one that...
Personal branding for career success Badge icon
Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Personal branding for career success' digital badge]...Introduction...
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...families to return to rural Wales, to settle in some rural villages which have become quite distorted in their age profiles. It will mean more people in small towns and rural communities during the day helping to support local shops and services. So those are potentially positive sides of that shift. However, there are also concerns that a growing interest in moving into...
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...family relationships, a work situation or maybe a situation in your local community. Discussion It’s interesting to notice that most people’s response to this is to think that of course they would be more forthcoming if someone was empathic and understanding – and yet we still buy into the myth we see in films that, when talking to a police suspect, for some reason...
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...family’ where commitment is high, and identity becomes hugely dependant on ‘loving their job’....Contemporary issues in managing: Introduction - This free course provides you with a short introduction to three managerial approaches adopted by organisations currently. The course is divided into three sections that cover: Managing through organisational culture...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...history of human culture, water supplies were often unsafe to drink, due to the presence of pathogens. It was often the case that the only safe beverage to drink was beer or wine, so the use of yeasts has been pivotal in lowering mortality rates...Week 3: Sugar, yeast and life: 3.1 Experiment 4: Yeast experiment - Figure 1 Living organisms, like yeasts, need food and...
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...families and friends (e.g. see the Guardian’s article: Families divided by Brexit, 2016); a good reminder of how the ‘personal’ is also ‘political’ and vice versa. Social psychology attempts to understand such political events by asking fundamental questions about how and why people engage with political processes and structures. Why do people vote the way they...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...family that hired him will gain little status, and he will probably not be invited to play in that area again. A wayang must first be entertaining. The art, therefore, is receptive to the demands of its audience, and the audience has brought new demands. ‘People want to laugh more.’ ‘Audiences prefer new stories.’ ‘Audiences want to see lots of fighting.’...