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Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...history not a noble tradition an ignoble tradition perhaps but go back to Renaissance portraits and you know where the prince or the king is portrayed as slim and having an enormous codpiece when for all we know the reality was other. Later on George the fourth. I was looking the other day at a portrait in which he was portly but in fact he was apparently massively and...
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Video 5 mins
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...history of the English language and social and political processes understand methods of enquiry into English language, viewed diachronically and synchronically with awareness of the limitations of any one approach deploy skills in handling information relating to quantification in various aspects including time in relation to the courses historical aspect and very simple...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
A freelance career in the creative arts Badge icon
History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...family, peer support, specialist websites and organisations. Mind Tools (no date) focuses more specifically on resilience in the workplace and suggests you also incorporate the following into your daily routine: Be aware of any negative thoughts and correct them in your mind – practise positive thinking. Learn from your mistakes and failures – they can all teach you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...history and culture of that state. Looking at each of the definitions you were given as your source of information revealed different aspects of a state constitution and what features the authors thought ought to exist. The definition in The Encyclopaedia Britannica identifies the need for a structure, a definition of responsibilities, and different roles for different...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...history...Does your pet cat or dog experience emotions the same way you do? Can non-human animals solve complex problems? To what extent do other species have minds that are like human minds? This free course, Living psychology: animal minds, explores these, and other, issues in the psychology of animal minds. Studying animal minds is of great importance to psychologists...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...history of mankind. (Kennedy, 1966) This speech took place decades ago, but it seems that in every decade since, something of note has made that decade ‘interesting’ – whether it be man setting foot on the moon, birth control pills, DNA sequencing, the Internet, fibre optics, mobile phones, GPS, online shopping, social media, or services on demand like Uber. And, of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...family member to answer an assignment question for them because they have expertise in this area and so will get better marks than if the student tries to do it themselves. This is still plagiarism, but it is also intentional fraud. A student comes across the ‘right answer’ to part of their assignment on a website, and cuts and pastes this into their assignment. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...history to the will of God. The reality, of course, is that equity, like law generally, reflects or embodies a complex of human reasons, desires and needs, and this remains very much the case in the contemporary capitalist context. Figure 4 Plato (427–347 BCE), Greek philosopher...Equity – law and idea: 2 Equity at the dawn of modernity - Figure 5 Divine love and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs