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On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...children and killed many other thousands, but it couldn’t crush a nation of grimly determined people. The governments of P. W. Botha and F. W. de Klerk were forced to the negotiating table, the ANC was unbanned and Nelson Mandela, now the symbol of the liberation struggle, was freed. The prisoner became the president. Our part in this struggle was small but heartfelt....
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year

...Children wear brand new clothes on this day and receive money in red envelopes, known as 红包 (hóng bāo), from their parents and grandparents. Learn common new year’s greetings in Chinese The most common new year’s greetings are: 新年快乐 (xīn nián kuài lè), 新年好 (xīn nián hǎo) and 恭喜发财 (gōng xǐ fā cái). The first two expressions mean...
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The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...centres on the commercial interests of lead organisations and its partners. However, challenges between partners can sometimes develop (e.g., Coca-Cola, one of the football World Cup’s bigger and long-standing partners, criticised FIFA for its handling of the investigation into corruption over the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 men’s tournaments). It could be...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) the pattern between 2009-2019 was of the cost of rail growing roughly twice as much as people’s earnings (TUC, 2019a). The TUC also showed in 2019 that the shareholders of rail companies in the UK were paid dividends of more than £1bn between 2013-2019, while passengers in the UK paid a far greater percentage of their monthly...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...centre in the brain called the hypothalamus and makes you feel hungry (Figure 1). [Described image] Figure 1 How the hormone ghrelin acts on the body If you measure ghrelin levels in the blood, they are high just before a meal and then drop steeply after eating. It may be ghrelin that causes your stomach to rumble when you are hungry. When your stomach is full, ghrelin...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...research into the kind of errors which tend to be made. This has resulted in some important insights for candidates: First impressions matter and the first answers you give are critical. This is because interviewers tend to form a view about candidates within the first four minutes, and might discount any other information that counters this. Negative information about a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...children do it. You know, it's not the case. I think in time and hopefully in my lifetime, graffiti may be considered in that light. [MUSIC PLAYING] Video 1 Graffiti: art or vandalism? What do you think? Should graffiti always be a crime? If not, under what conditions wouldn’t it be? Discussion Acts of graffiti or what is generally now referred to as graffiti have...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...Researchers who have studied issues of gay people in sports largely agree that organised sports are highly homophobic (Anderson, 2002) although there is some more recent debate about whether men’s heterosexual ‘gay’ behaviours (e.g. kissing each other on the mouth) indicates more openness and acceptance (Anderson, 2005). This TV advert is a step towards even more...
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