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Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...account, a speech he gives to the Athenian leader Pericles, seemingly extolling the virtues of Athens. But we ask whether it’s really that straightforward. Leaving Athens and the Greeks we move on to the Romans. During the last four centuries BCE, Rome grew from being a local power in central Italy into a city that dominated the Mediterranean world. This was achieved by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...account by using the search function and then filtering by ‘Page’. [Screenshot of different Facebook Pages.] Figure 2 Facebook Pages tend to be created by companies, celebrities, and those with strong brands. This will include universities and student led organisations like the NUS in the UK. Only administrators of Pages can post new core content to the account,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Accessibility and inclusion in digital health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Accessibility and inclusion in digital health

...account of what that trauma was. And then you read it. And you read it over and over and over and over again, until eventually you become desensitised to it. And I think really that was one of the most powerful steps in the app. And so because I was guided by the therapists, they were meeting me regularly, I felt confident enough to take those steps, that if I was feeling...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...account of what was happening in the Vietnamese War. The point is that the picture formed part of an ongoing narrative of images and text about the Vietnam conflict. By 1972 this had reached a point where public opinion throughout the world took the view that this was not a just or honourable war. Its prosecution by the USA and its client regime in South Vietnam was seen...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...accounts or online storage. First mover advantage enables providers to build a large user base and reduce competition...Business models in strategic management: 3.5 Transaction broker - Transaction brokers offer services that customers used to handle personally – going to physical shops, or making calls and sending emails. Some examples are financial services, travel...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...account their different perspectives...Working with our environment: an introduction: 2.3 The Industrial Revolution and its environmental impacts - The environmental issues you have identified in your answer to the first exercise are likely to be complex and difficult to unravel, yet alone resolve. Rather than attempt that at this stage I'd like to start this section with...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...account to make or receive payments over a 12-month period. When cash disappears So what happens when 86 percent of a nation’s currency suddenly disappears? When I returned in December 2016, a month after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that all 500 and 1,000 rupee bills would cease to be legal tender, a scrap collector I knew relayed his experience. Just...
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Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...account of the child’s development and language. It is also important to recognise that trust is a pre-requisite for any work and takes time to establish. In addition, children often move in and out of talking about distressing feelings and situations. Finally, the importance of observation and behaviour in making assessments of children in these circumstances, is...
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