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Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...out in the definition of ‘imagination’ that Simon Blackburn provides in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (1994, 187): ‘Most directly, the faculty of reviving or especially creating images in the mind's eye. But more generally, the ability to create and rehearse possible situations, to combine knowledge in unusual ways, or to invent thought experiments.’ As we...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...out over Lake Erie, which is a hundred miles across. This is just the first leg of one of the world's greatest animal migrations. She will continue south, using the Sun as a compass to cross America, a journey of 2000 miles. Her destination is Mexico, and one small and special group of trees. No one knows how she finds them in these great mountain forests. She joins other...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...out from, 'workfare' programmes are interpreted within different theoretical perspectives, and uses two case studies to connect the theory with the reality of people's lives...How do 'welfare to work' programmes such as the New Deal take into account and shape people's personal lives? This free course, Remaking the relations of work and welfare, looks at how participation...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...out the research about this in 2016 says ‘the benefits of reading books include a longer life in which to read them’ (p.44, 2016). In the following video, three of the authors who wrote this course will explain a little about their favourite book(s) and how reading has made them feel during difficult periods in their lives. (You will notice that the team contains some...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...out which aspects of the field are universal, and which vary across different cultures and contexts. This course may be your first introduction to psychology, or perhaps you have already studied some psychology and are looking to explore differences around the world. Regardless of where you are in your psychology journey, it is important to remember that psychological...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...out from the evidence where the truth lies is generally known as fact-finding. There are some instances when the opposing parties are agreed on the facts, but these are quite rare. Generally, one side makes claims that the other side disagrees with, so the court has first to decide where it thinks the truth lies. A legal dispute often comes to court some time after the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...out of interest. Over the last few months I’ve seen television programmes about the palace of Hampton Court and the lives of women in the eighteenth century. You may have seen something similar – Henry VIII (1491–1547, reigned 1509–1547) and Elizabeth I (1533–1603, reigned 1558–1603) are popular topics for television history. I’ve also heard a radio...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...out of the former British, French, Belgian, Dutch and Portuguese empires. This wave usually kept intact the political units that together made up empires; though there were major exceptions, such as the break-up of India into the two states of India and Pakistan (and later into three states, with east Pakistan becoming Bangladesh in 1971). The meaning and application of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs