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Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...change in state forms because the state clearly isn't a static entity or set of institutions. And those interests between those different forms of power have really coalesced substantively around corporate crime and harm. So then ,in particular, how corporate crimes and harms take effect how they are and how they might be regulated, and how those regulations might be...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...changing moment for many people. For some, they will have known for a long time that this was the career they wished to follow. For others, it may be a rather more dramatic change of direction. What may not be apparent at that early stage, is the challenge of choosing a route into teaching from the plethora of courses and qualifications available or differences in opinion...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...change of temperature (or pressure) may result in a phase transformation; for example, liquid H2O (water) can be heated to form a gas (steam), or cooled to form a solid (ice). [Described image] Figure 4 A phase diagram for the three phases of H2O, showing their stability fields over a range of pressures, measured in MPa, and temperatures, measured in °C. (The SI unit of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...changed’ – to the point perhaps where a piece of work or its application is discouraged or prevented – what is the point of discussion of this type? So who gains from dialogue? Perhaps there is an underlying moral imperative for scientists to commit to the notion of dialogue. Sir Aaron Klug, President of the Royal Society, in 2000, puts forward just such a point of...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...changed to suit a singer’s personal vocal style or to fit new words. Playing techniques - whether the guitar or harmonica – were copied and adapted. These were not ‘cover’ versions as we understand them today, but complete reworkings of songs, perhaps only keeping some element of the lyrics or the tune, just as Muddy Waters did with ‘Catfish blues’. This is...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...changing your lip position.) the sound ou, as in ‘vous’, ‘tout’, ‘bonjour’, is pronounced with the same lip position, but with the middle part of your tongue raised at the back of your mouth. It’s a bit like the sound ‘oo’ as in ‘zoo’ in English. Try saying them one after the other and note the changing position of your tongue. Activity 8 Now listen...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...changes that characterised that era. Profiting enormously during the first half of his life from the progress of industry and having the financial means, he later devoted himself to publicising and practising his social and economic ideas. Most of these derived from Enlightenment notions and, he thought, could eliminate poverty and crime, contributing to social and moral...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...change. Having considered the theory behind the leadership as traits perspective, you will now reflect on some of the critiques of this position. It is good to consider these criticisms as they both enable you to be a more critical thinker at work but they also set you up well to reflect on alternative approaches to leadership...Week 2: Leadership as person: traits...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs