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What was the Bosman ruling? The one minute guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

What was the Bosman ruling? The one minute guide

...out of contract playes move within the EU, their old clubs cannot demand a transfer fee.] [Mini robots with cameras for heads are positioned as if celebrating. They are white and grey and some have blue on and some have pink on. They appear to be stood on a Subuteo pitch with a yellow goal post in the top left-hand corner.] Jean Marc Bosman's contract with Belgian club...
Emotion management for translators
Languages

Emotion management for translators

...out more about this training package on emotion management. The training is designed for translators working as employees in organisations who need to employ specific emotional skills in their working context...Emotion management for translators is an 18-hour training package designed to enhance specific emotional competences in participants, such as understanding and...
The language of protest
Society, Politics & Law

The language of protest

...out more about The Open University’s Language and creativity module. So how do protest movements go about attempting to communicate their message? This short documentary addresses this question, while also looking at what place protest plays in today’s politics. _Transcript _ When Elon Musk bought Twitter in late April 2022, he declared that ‘Free speech is the...
Emotional intelligence for translators
Languages

Emotional intelligence for translators

...out more about this asynchronous short course on emotional intelligence for translators at all stages of their careers who wish to learn more about maintaining their psychological health...Emotional intelligence for translators is a continuing professional development (CPD) course developed in response to the growing demand for soft skills training from employers,...
Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs
History & The Arts

Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs

...out of a tree and the “elegant fowl” goes demented with grief – treading the characteristically fine line between joy and melancholy in Lear’s writing. Edward Lear – the 20th child of a bankrupt and widowed businessman - was brought up by his elder sister. The young Lear had epilepsy – a condition stigmatised at the time, but he also had precocious artistic...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...out a reaction, or performing a chemical analysis...Chemistry lies at the centre of our modern life, playing a part in areas as diverse as the development of new drugs and materials, analysing our environment through to more mundane activities such as washing your clothes and making your tea. But to truly understand the role chemistry plays you need to have a sound grasp...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Happy GeoWeek!
Nature & Environment

Happy GeoWeek!

...out more on the GeoWeek website. Alternatively watch our videos to find out more about the three different types of rocks and learn how to read them on a fieldtrip to your local shopping centre... There are three different types of rock: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. These three types are formed in different ways and have different properties that, to the trained...
Sharpening Your Critical Thinking
History & The Arts

Sharpening Your Critical Thinking

...out that Williams has won the most Grand Slam singles titles since tennis professionalised in 1968. And why think there’s intelligent alien life? Perhaps you’d say that, statistically, given the vastness of the Universe, intelligent life is unlikely to have evolved just once. I might respond by saying that, if there were intelligent alien life, we would have come into...