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Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...studies in the Birmingham Centre for Cultural Studies in the 1980s: We had to develop a methodology that taught us to attend, not only to what people said about race but… to what people could not say about race, it was the silences that told us something; it was what wasn’t there, it was what was invisible, what couldn’t be put into the frame, what was apparently...
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Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...Studies (COSAS) in 1980 and joined the fights against Apartheid. In 1983 he joined the Gay and Lesbian Association of South Africa (GASA) in an attempt to join up both sides of his activism. However, it was a predominantly white organisation and he found that GASA was firmly ‘apolitical’, disagreed with his anti-Apartheid work and would not support him on issues...
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The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the history of Mars and the role of its environment on the presence of water over time describe the methods used to find water on Mars, including the techniques employed by robotic and orbiting spacecraft evaluate the evidence for water on Mars describe the different settings in which water has been in Mars’ past...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...skills. Examples will cover the genres of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and scriptwriting...This free course, Creative writing and critical reading, explores the importance of reading as part of a creative writer’s development at the postgraduate level. You will gain inspiration and ideas from examining other writers’ methods, as well as enhancing your critical...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...study. ANNE JAY: I don’t see any fossils in here. Do you? MARCUS BADGER: No, I don’t either. ANNE JAY: You can see, here, the tiny, little needle-like little bits of, possibly, creedite? MARCUS BADGER: This is glass. Glass is made from sand, sand just like … MARCUS BADGER: … some sort. So, what are they? ANNE JAY: We’re going to go on a journey of discovery,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...study such as deep ecology, transpersonal psychology, indigenous traditions, wilderness studies and philosophy, to name some. A central tenet of ecopsychology is the exploration of the reciprocal human–nature relationship and in particular the human mind as it relates to nature. Rust (2020) describes it as ‘the study (logos) of the soul (psyche) in its natural home...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...studying this course, you should be able to: identify some of the environmental impacts of economic growth understand some concepts to more sustainably manage waste and resources identify some of the emerging social responses to China’s environmental problems assess your own waste management habits...Waste management and environmentalism in China: 1 Waste in China -...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the historical origins of slavery as well as examples of slavery understand the international legal framework prohibiting slavery understand the concept of modern slavery and its various forms analyse the applicable law and apply it to a given example/case study critically analyse and evaluate proposals for new...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs