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International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...autonomous and sovereign nation states in Europe that would not interfere with one another’s domestic affairs. The Westphalian settlement, and its associated ideas of territoriality, sovereignty and autonomy, are seen by many IR scholars as the starting point for the modern state system, in the European context at least, and therefore the international relations that...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...autonomous practice. Mentoring as professional development is also explored, as you engage in reflection on your own teaching and leadership practices...This free course, A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora), will support anyone based in an education setting to develop an understanding of effective mentoring of beginner teachers in the initial teacher education and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...autonomous machines that can sense their surroundings, respond, move, do things and, above all, interact with us humans. We all recognise R2-D2, WALL-E and scores of their lesser-known kin. The unnerving thing is that their nonfictional counterparts are extremely close at hand. Some press stories are exotic – those about ‘sexbots’ being among the more sensational...
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Video 15 mins
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
Languages

Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...système solaire et l’univers ; la vie et la mort des étoiles ; la théorie du big bang ; les outils de l’astronome. Exposition 10 L’aéronautique La science-fiction Le grand récit de l’univers a. L’aéronautique b. La science-fiction c. Le grand récit de l’univers La bonne réponse est c. « La vie n’est bonne qu’à étudier et à enseigner les...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...autonomic dysreflexia. That is a reflex that occurs when the lower part of their body is exposed to painful stimuli, such as filling the bladder to capacity, using tight leg straps, or sitting on a sharp object. This elevated blood pressure can cause a heart attack or stroke -- but since the athletes can't feel it, some think the risk is worth taking. Studies have shown...
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Video 5 mins
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...autonomous feature of the mental, in the sense that it can operate successfully in a creature without emotion. Indeed, the idea of a purely rational creature unadulterated by any emotion is one often contemplated by philosophers and lay people alike as not only a possibility but the kind of creature we should positively strive to become. But just how independent of...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...Autonomous art does not promote Christian beliefs and practices, as religious art traditionally did, but rather is treated by art lovers as itself the source of a special kind of experience, a rarefied or even spiritual pleasure. This type of pleasure is now called ‘aesthetic’, a word that was coined in 1735, by Alexander Baumgarten, though it was only towards the end...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...autonomization of the aesthetic as an aspect of the real subsumption of aesthetic experience, we also draw on the notion of ‘procedural literacy’ popularized by the game theorist Ian Bogost: ‘When we play games, we operate those models, our actions constrained by those rules’. A parametric politics for us means identifying, testing and, where possible,...
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Article 15 mins