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Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...perception, popularised in the media that people with mental illness are typically violent, unpredictable and dangerous, is amongst the most damaging of stereotypes. People who experience mental illness are unable to work. FALSE. Depending on the severity of their condition, living with mental illness does not necessarily mean that a person is incapable of seeking or...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...perception of the fashion industry is that it's a frivolous entity based on silly ideals about what we should wear and how we should look. I see certain people's eyes glaze over when I tell them this is the world in which I inhabit, the industry I spend my days writing about as a journalist and advising on as a consultant. It's seen as fluffy and fake, silly and...
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...perceptions of women's role in society. So, for instance, in studies of social mobility and educational attainment the class position of women has often been defined in terms of the occupational position of the father or husband. More subtly (and very rarely challenged) theories of female voting behaviour are packed full of assumptions about the traditionalist and...
Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 1: the foreground

...perception of a particular passage; the analysis should be an extension of your musical hearing. Moreover, a voice-leading analysis can actually shed light on certain aspects of Mozart's style (we saw, in my first example, how Mozart's smooth voice-leading was the hallmark of his style, while my hypothetical example was unstylistic). We can conclude, then, that a simple...
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...perception of art, W. Ray Crozier and A.J. Chapman (eds), North-Holland (imprint of Elsevier), Amsterdam. Widdess, R. (1995) The ragas of early Indian music, Clarendon Press, Oxford...Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective: Acknowledgements - This course was written by Professor Martin Clayton Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see...
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...perceptions of food portions and tends to result in people (in particular children) eating less. This is a strategy that appears promising for improving portion control for children prone to over-eating (Robinson and Matheson, 2015). According to Payne and Payne (2011) quantitative research does not explore social phenomena as they occur naturally, but instead involves...
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...perception because it is such a familiar sound; however, a ticking clock can ruin a recording, especially any quiet passages which require the listener to focus on the smallest detail in the music. In order to move clocks or remove clock batteries, turn off central heating systems, and generally combat other such noise sources in public buildings, it is essential to...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...perception from within the community that these were communities under siege, and young men felt that the conventional response to the armed activity from what at the time was considered indiscriminate Republicanism, was that the only option was to fight fire with fireI was a young boy at the time who had this perception, so my choice I believed at that the time was...