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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...world for his Protestant religious treatise A plaine discovery of the whole Revelation of Saint John (1594), a well-received work which was translated into several foreign languages. Napier’s interest in mathematics, and in computational methods in particular, seems to have started in his early twenties (in the 1570s), and continued mostly unknown to the wider world...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...world, and gathering that evidence base and applying it to the interventions that we are applying as a police service of Northern Ireland. And the biggest advantage to me personally as-- whenever I'm invested in working with those young people, delivering interventions, doing something that I know makes a difference, and again, that goes beyond me. It's every colleague,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...World War II. Dallas Campbell: Yeah. Frank Drake: But this was the first attempt in the United States to get into the radio astronomy business seriously. And here in America the tradition was to use the equatorial configuration which allowed you to track things just by rotating around one axis that was parallel to the axis of the Earth. (Uh, huh) That was traditional. It...
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Video 30 mins
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...world are increasingly interested in the relationship between science and society. Part of their concern is with the social responsibilities scientists have in relation to broader public interests. That raises important issues to do with the ethical and social dimension of scientists' work and how scientists explain and perhaps justify their work to the wider public....
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...World War II, the National Health Service (NHS) was established to provide universal and free health at the point of delivery, something which could be noted as a turning point for UK public health. Towards the end of the 20th century, health inequalities and chronic health conditions were recognised as public health issues following the launch of the Black Report (a 1980...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...world (i.e. group dynamics, situational pressures and so on), and the cognitive processes through which we perceive and organise information about the social world (i.e. emotions and motivations) that shape our reactions to others...Critically exploring psychology: 1.3 Developmental psychology - Developmental psychology is concerned fundamentally with how individuals...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...World War II, which are less talked about, partly because German suffering became unmentionable because of guilt. But it was a personal catastrophe for millions of people. Half the homes in Germany were uninhabitable, either destroyed or damaged. So these are people who experienced great privation, and within living memory. American cigarettes became a currency as people...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...world, in any time zone, whatever your motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs