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Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...et al., 1987, pp. 51–2) Miller and Bennett were satirizing the philosophical trends of their time, but their sketch illustrates two views about philosophy that are still fairly widespread. One is that philosophers are out of touch with everyday life and the concerns of ordinary people. The other is that philosophical debates are very abstract and often come down to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
A freelance career in the creative arts Badge icon
History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...et al., 2010). BA Decorative Art graduate – freelance glassmaker, button maker, gallery employee and trainer ‘I started off by working in a gallery. […] The staff were wonderful and I started teaching there; that was a big break. […] Now I work in a gallery one day a week, I work as an invigilator (which is quite a menial job but it gives me a chance to think), I...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...et al., 2008) and it embraces OpenCourseWare but would also include any educational materials, technologies and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licences to remix, improve and redistribute. OpenLearn is an example of a collection of OERs. The term ‘open content’ was first used by David Wiley, an academic now working at Utah State...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...et al., 2012), although this estimate could easily be doubled or trebled depending on manufacturing processes and efficiencies...Environmental management and organisations: 11.1.2 Waste production - At the other end of the input–output model, outputs from organisations in the form of waste are also significant. It is not possible to determine global waste outputs from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...et al. (2015) and Norton and Dalrymple (2020) note that the definition of employability continues to shift and be challenged, in the next activity you will hear directly from employers. Regardless of slightly differing perceptions, employability should be considered as a lifelong journey, rather than something that only happens when people are studying or in the early...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta
Society, Politics & Law

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

...et al, 2018). Faodar a thuigsinn ann an seagh fìor-bheag (gnìomhachdan co-cheangailte ri ‘uallach pearsanta’, leithid gèilleadh ris an lagh is cìsean a phàigheadh), gu ruige seagh fìor-mhòr, a’ cuimseachadh air dèiligeadh ri ana-cheartas sa chomann-sòisealta, a mhìnich Westheimer is Kahne (2004) mar shaoranachd a tha ‘stèidhichte air ceartas’. Tha e...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...et al. (2018) ‘Orbital and atmospheric characterization of the planet within the gap of the PDS 70 transition disk’, Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 617, pp. 11, EDP Sciences Figure 4: Cleeves, L. (2015) ‘Molecular signposts of the physics and chemistry of planet formation’, PhD Thesis, University of Michigan Figure 5: Armitage, P.J. (2017) ‘Lecture notes on the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...et al (Judgment) IT-96-23 & IT -96923/1-T (22 February 2001). These are: ‘control of someone’s movement, control of physical environment, psychological control, measures taken to prevent or deter escape, force, threat of force or coercion, duration, assertion of exclusivity, subjection to cruel treatment and abuse, control of sexuality and forced labour’ (para. 77)....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs