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The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...Introduction - In a complex and rapidly changing world, social scientific study examines how we produce things, communicate, govern ourselves, understand our environments, and how to solve the problems we face in the organisation of social relations and processes. This course provides a basic overview of how social science contains deeply embedded cultural assumptions and...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Critical criminology and the social sciences. While the names of some of the disciplines in the social sciences are likely to be familiar, you might have less of an idea about their core characteristics and, in particular, the strengths and limitations associated with these disciplines in terms of helping to make sense of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: dechrau yn y gweithle
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: dechrau yn y gweithle

...Management Services, 34(7), 6-10. Baruch, Y. (2000), ‘Teleworking: Benefits and Pitfalls As Perceived by Professionals and Managers’, New Technology, Work and Employment, 15, 1, 34–49. Business News Daily (2022) 10 LinkedIn Alternatives for Job Seekers [online]. Ar gael yn: https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/ 8218-networking-sites-job-seekers.html [Cyrchwyd: 26...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...Introduction - This course, on the first two acts of John Webster’s Renaissance tragedy The Duchess of Malfi, focuses on the representation of the theme of love and marriage in the Malfi court, and the social conflicts to which it gives rise. The course guides you through the first part of the play and will help you to develop your skills of textual analysis. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...Introduction - This free course, Start writing fiction, looks at how characters might be drawn and how setting is established. It explores the different levels of characterisation, from flat to round, and how character and place interact. It also works on the effect of genre and how genre can be used. The main teaching material in this course is taken from an existing...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat...The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...Introduction - This course is designed to take you on a journey of understanding. You will be introduced to a variety of thinking skills and ways of extending and developing your thinking. You will begin by looking at why thinking skills are important in education, and what kinds of skills are valued. You will then move on to some practical strategies and ideas for...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...projects to complete in the future, and you kill such a person who wants to go on living, you’re doing something wrong to that person which is something you’re not doing if you kill a being who is fully not a person and who can have no wishes or hopes for the future, and therefore you can’t cut off or thwart or frustrate those wishes for the future. So I think the...
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