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Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...world. These themes include engineering design, rules that govern engineers, manufacturing for products and electricity generation using solar energy...Engineering encompasses a broad range of disciplines from design to manufacturing. This free course, Introducing engineering, introduces a number of key themes that explore how engineering is undertaken in our modern...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...World in Europe, a society where there is freedom of conscience. Roger Williams thought of this new society as a ship. On this ship, in theory, there could be people of different religions, different types of Christians, Muslims, atheists, Jews. They were all welcome. They shared the ship. It was a ship where there was justice and fairness. Everyone had a choice about...
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...world,” and within a month they’d started. So I had this model of people who made decisions and started on them. There was no barrier.’ (Saner, 2013) [Photograph of Camila Batmanghelidjh.] Figure 2 Camila Batmanghelidjh This newspaper report, in common with many before and after the collapse of Kids Company, refers to Batmanghelidjh as possessing personality beyond...
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...world is merely an illusion. What he’s doing, in effect, is waging a war against reality – which is almost precisely what commentators are now accusing Trump of doing over the governance of the country. Transcript Donald Trump As president of the United States. Lady Fookes Maybe people are more used to hearing or seeing people lying because we have the example over...
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...world – but Amos contends that one of the singular properties of certain comedy “when done well” is the freedom to explore ideas in an unconventional or counterintuitive way, to subvert society’s norms. The research backs this up. Although the role of comedy is to be entertaining first and foremost, through interviewing comedians, Sharon Lockyer, a sociology...
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...world are in a race…to attract the human capital that will allow them to thrive in a global economy. Becoming a more welcoming place for immigrants gives us a leg up in that competition and helps us retain talented people of all backgrounds.” Shared Values “Our community was built by immigrants - hard-working people, our parents and grandparents, who believed in the...
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...world in Perryman, L., Buckler, A. and Seal, T. (2014) Learning from TESS-India’s approach to OER localisation across multiple Indian states . This explores the challenges of repurposing OER to meet the needs of India’s teacher educators, and shows how the context in which OER are to be used can affect the ways in which they are repurposed. D’Antoni, S. and Savage,...
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...World Nuclear Association, undated, p. 21). Given that nuclear has low operating costs (fuel accounts for only about five per cent of total costs) economies in capital investment could make a big difference to its competitiveness. Uranium reserves are reasonably assured and only in the event of a major expansion of nuclear energy worldwide is there likely to be pressure...
Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs