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Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...sand I think of saying well we just do the inventing, it’s not our problem what people choose to do with it. That resonated quite strongly with the ‘70s I think for me. John: Yes, I mean interesting your comment and all this discussion’s come out of that simple phrase “Does mum know?” I think that’s amazing piece of dialogue, just those few words, raises all...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...cast of your story.) Flat characters have few traits, all of them predictable, none creating genuine conflicts. Flat characters often boil down to stereotypes: fat, doughnut-eating cop; forgetful professor; lecherous truck driver; … shifty-eyed thief; anorexic model. Using these prefab characters can give your prose a semblance of humor and quickness, but your story...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Personal branding for career success Badge icon
Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...cast you in a negative light Control tagging – tags with your name can often come up in Google searches. You can either untag yourself, ask friends to untag you or investigate how the platform allows you to disable other people from tagging you in the first place Find and close any old social media accounts – if you’ve forgotten what they are, Google your name to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...aluminium foil-- literally trying to change the albedo of a whole patch of the Earth-- or of the Greenland ice sheet. So covering the Greenland ice sheet in some kind of reflective blanket and that would protect the ice sheet as well as having the albedo effect. People have talked about choosing or genetically modifying crops to be lighter, so kind of a lighter green so...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...cast. You try to put them on the street so that they feel that they’re there. And if we get that right, then they’re deep in that book and they’re going to stay in that book until they’re done with it. TEXT ON SCREEN Have you ever created an amoral world (i.e. a world which is entirely morally deviant, as opposed to a world where just some of the characters are...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...casts doubt on whether the changes in readers’ beliefs and attitudes about climate change have lasting impact (Schneider-Mayerson et al., 2023), these studies are limited to the North American context with participants who are paid to take part. Educators in other parts of the world offer a more nuanced picture. For example, the inclusion of the Indigenous climate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...cast you in a negative light. Tags with your name can come up in online searches. Either untag yourself, ask friends to untag you or investigate how the platform allows you to disable other people from tagging you in the first place. Find and close any old social media accounts. If you’ve forgotten what they are, try a service like Deseat.me which aims to help you find...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...sand is a fair field for this sport and exercise in which they take great pleasure and are very nimble at it; they play for some eggs, fowls, hooks and tobacco; and so eager are they for victory that they strip themselves to their shirts to obtain it.’ Camanachd air feadh an t-saoghail Tha camanachd cho sean ’s a ghabhas agus chan eil taobh phroifeiseanta air le...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs