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The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...de Football Association, or FIFA as it is more commonly known, itself has experienced significant controversy relating to the internal politics (or the small ‘p’ politics) of the organisation. However, before you delve into FIFA, take a moment to explore what is meant by ‘political’ in this course. Activity 1 Identifying political themes relating to this course...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...de-narrativise the picture, extending the youth away from himself, connecting him, as the other fanlike structures do, to a realm of being he can't contain, where there are no borders or figures, no beginning or end. This, then, is the youth's secret, one not of interiority but rather of infinite extensibility, a secret of unrepresented and unrepresentable, ontological...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...de Baryshe and Ramsay, 1989)...Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach: 2.2 Children's violence - There has been a great deal of 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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...de Chernatony et al., 2011). In this Reebok® advertisement the brand becomes the stage for social interaction. With a common interest in fitness, people get together and create a sports community that allows them to integrate in this social setting. If you are reading this course as an ebook, you can access this video here: Reebok CrossFit: The Community Stop and reflect...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...de-stressing, exercise, mental wellbeing, learning and wonder. [Described image] Figure 1 Learning and living in nature. For much of human history, people lived close to nature and the seasonal cycles, with an intimate knowledge of how the natural world provides us with what we need to live. However, most of us now live in an increasingly urbanised and industrial society...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen began to lay the framework for the recognition of rights such as the freedom of speech and assembly. In these documents the development of modern human international law can be seen. Whilst such documents differed in their detailed content, certain general principles underpinned them: Every human being has certain rights, which they...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...de nieuwe telkonst. The calculations of Briggs and Vlacq were the essential basis of all subsequent tables of ‘common logarithms’. The work illustrated is of a later French edition of Vlacq’s shortened (seven-place) trigonometrical tables...John Napier: 6 Spreading the word about logarithms - Another person besides Briggs to recognise immediately the importance of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...many different contexts is a tool called ‘Six Thinking Hats’ popularised by Edward de Bono...Difference and challenge in teams: 6 ‘We need to stretch ourselves’ - Evelyn is a manager interested in developing her team, but worries that they may be ‘too good’ already. Listen to her plight in the audio below (a transcript is also provided). We need to stretch ourselves, but how? In a way we’re too good at this aspect of our ......
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs