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Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...working with uncertainty. The second condition relevant to strategy making is that of change. The interrelationships among variables and the quality and multitude of perspectives in any given situation as depicted in Figure 3 never stand still. Relationships between variables and the perspectives are in a constant state of flux. So how might systems thinking help make...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...work done by psychologists on violence and aggression in children, looking at whether this is part of a normal and natural developmental process or whether it is pathological. Cole and Cole define aggression as ‘an act in which someone intentionally hurts another’ (1996, p. 406). They then split this definition to look at instrumental aggression which is committed in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...works better the more it gets stimulated. Stimulation can be various, through observing (people, places, nature etc) trough interacting with people and engaging with the world we live in and surrounds us. We can read newspapers, magazines, books, learning new languages, take drawing classes, computer classes, sewing and other handcraft classes, learning to play musical...
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Video 10 mins
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...works. When you get to know a new verb, don’t forget to check its construction (i.e. how does it fit into the rest of a sentence). Here are some verbs followed by prepositions à or de: Followed by à: songer à ; réussir à ; apprendre à ; arriver à Followed by de : essayer de ; décider de ; tenter de ; choisir de Note that the verb continuer is followed by either...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...work our way through the examples, and fill up each of them: there is a kind of symmetry going on...The moral equality of combatants: 2 More on Walzer’s theory of self-defence - Walzer’s key point is that soldiers are ‘dangerous men’. On his line of argument, equal liability comes from equality of threat; what it is that makes it permissible for me to kill you is...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...working on behalf of Rolex Encoding Roger Federer, as brand ambassador, extols the brand identity Message TV advertisement Media The advert is seen and message interpreted Decoding TV audiences Receiver Purchase/not purchase, or recommend/not recommend Response Competitors (e.g. Omega, TAG, Heuer, Hublot) Noise Is it worth the price and service? Feedback Connection with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...working in the USA and Britain. These first condensation products of the controlled reactions between phenol and formaldehyde produced hard but relatively weak and brittle materials. Swinburne commercialised his resin as a range of varnishes but Baekeland mixed the resin with significant amounts of woodflour to produce the first polymer composite – Bakelite . It was the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...work? The greater part of the Earth’s atmosphere is in the lower atmosphere, and when dry it is made up almost entirely of three gases: nitrogen, with 78% (78 parts out of 100) by volume; oxygen (21%); and an inert gas, argon, making up most of the remainder. These three gases do not interact significantly with heat (i.e. infra-red) radiation from the Sun or the Earth....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs