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Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...become more familiar with some of the main themes in the arguments about doping. You are also able to see how your position compares to other learners. You have started to look at diverse opinions about the doping issue and you will now extend this to consider how debates about issues partly depend how they are shaped. This is called ‘framing an argument’...Doping: a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...become prejudiced and in this section you will undertake some online activities that focus on ‘implicit and explicit’ forms of prejudice and the distinctions between them...Making sense of ourselves: 1.1 Explicit and implicit prejudice - Some research evidence suggests that levels of racial prejudice are changing in modern, Western societies. Consider, for example,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...students and residents occupied Beijing’s Tiananmen Square for the largest political protest in China’s history. The protesters were violently suppressed and the country’s communist leaders ordered the military to enforce martial law in the capital. The Iraq War The US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq removed the Saddam Hussein regime, but led to ongoing conflict against...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...student debt and the expansion of online courses and better links between high school, two-year, and four-year colleges to bring down the cost of higher education. These Republicans and their Democratic counterparts recognize they have to focus on the issues holding back working families from realizing their dreams. Senator Rubio said it most clearly: if we don’t...
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Article 5 mins
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...students and Trump’s July 26 Twitter pronouncement that the U.S. military will no longer allow transgender service members – some have questioned whether this visibility has actually meant greater acceptance of trans people. Studies have shown that entertainment has the power to shape attitudes on health and social issues, from organ donation to the death penalty. But...
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A polyglot life
Languages

A polyglot life

...student, on my degree also shared my strong passion for languages, and we hit it off immediately. At last, I had real people I could talk to about the subject I loved most: learning multiple languages. For my studies and with jobs following that time, I started travelling around to different places. Meanwhile, the Internet was a place that changed, evolved and grew during...
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Article 5 mins
Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...Student, male, 22, Enfield) "A lot of blah" is the most frequent remark from the women in the factory. "Don't believe a word of it; we're 'eard these promises before". (Stores Keeper, female, 57, Winchcombe) 'I think it is direct encouragement to the lower type of humanity to breed like rabbits' (Temporary civil servant, female, 38) Further reading Social Insurance and...
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Article 10 mins
Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...students. Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity protection, which means that we must remain skeptical and security-minded whenever we’re online. Courses in the humanities, history and rhetoric assist in developing the critical thinking skills and inquisitive minds needed in the modern workforce and nicely complement any necessary technical skills. Such lessons...
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