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Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...world, including the Maya of Central America, Aboriginal tribes in Australia and the Myanmar Hill People, have used maggots to treat wounds. Much of the historical writing on the role of maggots in helping wounds heal revolves around battlefield injuries. Although such wounds can and do kill outright, the majority of deaths from war injuries have been caused by infection....
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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...world is a stage for today’s political leaders: GLENDA JACKSON Obama clearly struck a chord, not only in America, but around the world.I mean that was something that people had been wanting to hear for a very, very long time - the capacity, the ability to connect .And to connect with individuals, even though those individuals are standing in crowds of hundreds of...
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Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...world have increased. To combat this many countries are recommending outdoor activity for all children. Physical play outdoors provides important opportunities for the development and refinement of locomotor skills as well as fine motor skill. Vigorous physical activity increases lung function, contributes to muscle, bone and joint health and strengthens the heart. It...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...world’s longest artificial waterway, the Grand Canal. British sea and waterborne forces now had the Chinese land-based empire by its throat. To understand why this was so, we need to understand how the Chinese empire worked; and to do this we need to look at empire as a ‘system of power’. In particular, we need to understand just how vital the Yangzi and Grand Canal...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
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Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...world and connecting with people that they normally would never get a chance to without the power of the internet. So do your homework. Start reading blogs, tweets, news articles, and stories so that you can get caught up on the issues that are important to the communities that you want to support. Speak up but not over. If the fight for equality was a girl group, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...world, finance ministers, were discovering Keynesian levers on how to react. Even though the borrowing was going up, governments were spending more than they were earning. The governments were spending money in a Keynesian approach to try and get the economy out of the crisis to reduce the borrowing because of all the money that’s been spent on unemployment benefit. All...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...world of practice, numerous barriers and challenges limit its applicability. Some of the most common barriers to effective marketing communications include: Lack of understanding of the target audience by the sender The message may be encoded using language or symbols that fail to transfer the intended meaning to the audience. Inadequate definition of required feedback...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...Heritage. This is a very broad definition of the creative arts covering several areas that you might not immediately think of as ‘arts’. In order to simplify the perspective, this course is designed to be most relevant to those working in the following areas: Visual arts: e.g. art, film, photography, crafts, design etc. Performing arts: e.g. music, dance, theatre...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs