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‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus
History & The Arts

‘Lydios logos’: the story of Croesus

...researchers and historians have tried to integrate a timeline into the stories told in ‘The Histories’, alongside other narratives, texts and archaeological evidence. Now is your chance to join them by reviewing some of the events of the period with references to Herodotus’ texts and place references. Read the description of the famous Attic red-figure amphora,...
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Activity 5 mins
Why do female footballers experience knee injuries and what can be done?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do female footballers experience knee injuries and what can be done?

...researchers and the media due to its potential severity and because females are at a higher risk of sustaining the injury (Marmura, Bryant and Getgood, 2021). A study by Montalvo et al. (2019) found that female football players had more than double the incidence rate of an ACL injury relative to male football players. Interestingly, this difference was irrespective of...
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Article 5 mins
Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Taking a Fresh Look at Managing Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

...research demonstrates positive impacts on levels of absenteeism, retention, innovation, and customer satisfaction, plus importantly in these challenging times, reciprocal positive influences on wellbeing. When engaged, people find what they do fulfilling and rewarding, offer more of their commitment, capability and potential, and have a real sense of belonging and...
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Article 10 mins
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...research topics because I’ve been spending years and years reading and writing in English and so if I have to explain these things in French now I don’t have the, I mean, I don’t have the proper flow, the proper rhythm and the academic language as it should be used by an academic. So this is one other aspect. It’s not directly an effect of what we’ve been doing...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...Centre for Ageing Better, 2024). Similarly, also in other countries of the Global North (such as Korea, the US or Switzerland), old-age poverty is significantly higher than the average poverty rate across all age groups (OECD, 2023). What is more, old-age inequality is considerable: on average, across countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...centred. Do non-human organisations also exist? The collective nouns for many animals are suggestive of some sense of loose organisation: a pride of lions, a school of dolphins or a swarm of bees. Are these also organisations? Some people interpret organisation very broadly to include non-human organisations. While this model answer also queries if organisations can be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...centred on the lunar south pole assembled from Clementine images[.] Much of the shadow here is permanent, and corresponds to areas where strong signs of ice have been detected[.] The lunar near side is towards the top, and the far side towards the bottom...The Moon: 2.5 The interior - David A. Rothery Teach Yourself Planets, Chapter 6, pp. 66-75, Hodder Education, 2000,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...research...Patterns occur everywhere in art, nature, science and especially mathematics. Being able to recognise, describe and use these patterns is an important skill that helps you to tackle a wide variety of different problems. This free course, Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas, explores some of these patterns, from ancient number patterns to the latest...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs