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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...modes, and are often at the cutting edge of practice in terms of distance or remote learning. Flexibility in delivery is considered key to the ongoing success of Master’s degrees… Where Master’s degrees aim to prepare students for entry to a particular field of employment, practice or profession, or for progression or transfer within it, a professional, statutory or...
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...modes and ideas of Romanticism into the language of architecture. As we do so, we'll be thinking about the Pavilion as what we might call a ‘cultural formation’. By this I mean that considering the apparent eccentricity of this building can give us an insight into many aspects of Regency culture, and, conversely, that an enhanced knowledge of Regency culture can help...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...et al., 2019). Despite the use of multiple terms to describe resilience, there is consensus among researchers that resilience is best understood when examined in a particular context as models of resilience developed in other domains, such as business, might not be transferable, for example to sport (Wagstaff et al., 2017). In simple terms, resilience is ‘the ability to...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...et al., 1990; Wainwright, McKeown and Kinney, 2019) because of her dual heritage, in many ways it is typical of the experiences of people who have periods of mental distress. Psychophobia leads to prejudice and discrimination. This may be something you have experienced yourself or have witnessed first-hand. Being seen as someone with mental health problems may result in...
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...et al., 2005). Findings by Wang (2001) indicate that people in the US tend to recall events and experiences from a slightly younger age than people in China. The age of the earliest reported memory for participants in the US was around 42 months, whereas in China it was 47.5 months. This, of course, does not mean that people in the US have better memories. It merely means...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...mode of production’ (Paroissien, Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, 1985, p.318, 20 February 1866). What do you think the fact of this magazine serial mode of production implies in terms of the author's relationship with his readers and with the characters and plot of the novel? Discussion The most obvious effect is that it helps the author-narrator, that is, the...
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...modes of transport with a small petrol engine car. Answer The answer for the author is in Table 1 and the associated text. Your answer will be personal to you. Question 2 After processing, a typical litre of crude oil will yield around 0.46 litres of petrol, 0.23 litres of diesel and a variety of other products. Calculate how many litres of crude oil would have to be...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Gofalu am oedolion
Health, Sports & Psychology

Gofalu am oedolion

...le arall. Rwy'n llwyr ymwybodol fy mod yn berson ofnadwy i fod yn ei gwmni, rwy'n ei chael hi'n anodd cael cyswllt llygad â phobl, rwy'n ei chael hi'n anodd iawn i ymgysylltu â phobl – a bod yn onest, mae'n well gen i fod ar fy mhen fy hun. Rwy'n gweddïo y bydd yn pasio, mewn gwirionedd, achos mae'n annifyr ac rwy'n casáu fy hun am hynny. Doeddwn i byth yn meddwl fy...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs