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Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...et cetera, et cetera. So it's either- some people see it as a good thing. It's different from what the West has done for 200 years in Africa. Some people will say, well, it's just the same as you know, Just because they're Chinese doesn't mean they're any different from what the West has done. So it's a kind of polarised position, and what we want to do with our own...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...et al., 2017). In practice, although all pupils were introduced to subjects such as English, mathematics and science in their first two years of secondary education, the curriculum remained highly gendered for most pupils. Girls were expected to learn the domestic skills of cooking, sewing and housekeeping. Alternatively, they could choose ‘commercial’ subjects such...
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Article 10 mins
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...et al., 2010; IEA, 2010b; BP, 2010) So what is the chain of events that cause climate change on a global level?...Week 1: Introducing renewable energy: 5.1 What are the causes of climate change? - The surface temperature of the Earth establishes itself at an equilibrium level where the incoming radiative power energy from the Sun balances the outgoing reflected amd...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...et al. (2002) argue that social marketing is often used to influence an audience to change their behaviour for the sake of one or more of the following: improving health – health issues preventing injuries – safety issues protecting the environment – environmental issues contributing to the community – community-building issues. Lazer and Kelley (1973, p. ix)...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...et al.’s (2014) research. The researchers found that children often associated play with toys and games and saw play to be very much part of their social interactions and relationships with other children. Laughing and having fun featured strongly, as did being able to choose how they played and what they played with. Many of the older children interviewed also...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...et al., 2007, p. 95). Ancona and her colleagues (2007) suggest that the idea of an all-round complete leader is a myth, and it is important instead to acknowledge that any leader will have their strengths and weaknesses. They suggest that the ‘incomplete leader’, having recognised their own strengths and weaknesses, knows when to let go, and will find other people to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...et articulata debito modo pronunciata’ (‘A literate and articulate voice, pronounced in a correct manner’). This acts as a motto for the allegorical figure, defining the meaning of grammar as it is understood in this tradition. In other words, the text supplies additional meaning to the painting, though in a slightly different way from the names in Figure 2. Adam...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...et al., 2007). Practitioners taking this approach do not assume that social work knowledge can be simply applied to practice. Instead, assumptions about knowledge, power, practice and role of self are scrutinised and explored (D’Cruz et al., 2007), and this informs action. This idea is arguably especially important in a context of rapid social change, when new...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs