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Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...concepts are not directly taught in this course so if you want to know more about them then you should either study the specific courses on Systems thinking and practice and Systems diagramming or, if you want to learn them in an environmental context, the courses on Understanding the environment: a systems approach and Understanding the environment: problems with the way...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...concept of the Byzantine icon, in Week 2 you will learn how to ‘read’ an icon. Since the subjects depicted on icons rely on the narrative of the Bible, in Week 2 you will be taught some basic skills on how to approach and identify the subject matter of an icon. This course is a short journey into the rich world of Byzantine artistic production via its most illustrious...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...des Gutes. Ich habe es im Jahr 2000 gekauft, als Ruine, und hab’ dann ein bisschen daran gearbeitet. Video 6 Michael Stober HELLA Hallo, ich bin Hella Möhring und ich komm’ aus Berlin und ich bin Food Saver für Foodsharing. Video 7 Hella Möhring NELE Mein Name ist Nele. Ich wohne in Neukölln und arbeite seit fünf Jahren im Comenius Garten und die Geschichte des...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?

...conception of what amounts to obscene behaviour is notoriously difficult to pin down. When the Crown Prosecution Service confidently prosecuted Michael Peacock in 2012 for producing DVDs featuring urination, fisting and sadomasochism, the jury found him not guilty – effectively finding that these acts were not obscene. Yet the CPS list of acts that may be suitable for...
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Article 5 mins
Charting new reading research directions
Education & Development

Charting new reading research directions

...concept is edible books. Created from dehydrated vegetable peel, they would directly stimulate children’s taste buds while immersing the child in an exciting story – about broccoli, for instance. This could promote both healthy eating and healthy reading habits. I hope to see edible books like this developed soon, and children and adults might also be inspired to...
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Article 5 mins
Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job
Society, Politics & Law

Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job

...concept, provides a particular challenge to policy makers. The need to measure and quantify a landscape for planning and conservation purposes can often come into tension with slightly more hard-to-pin-down, but nonetheless significant meanings such as ‘beauty’, ‘belonging’ and ‘connectedness’. Of course the CNPA are well aware of the challenges of...
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Audio 10 mins
Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...concept of tort where compensation rather than penalty is the objective of proceedings. [Landscape image of Her Majesty's Prison in Manchester, UK] Her Majesty's Prison, Manchester The vast majority of people who break the criminal law are not dangerous and should not be considered as such. There are some people who may, however, benefit from a change of context and...
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Article 5 mins
Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Education & Development

Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?

...concept and provoke debate about policy, practice and new areas for inquiry, the symposium explores cutting-edge research which documents reading for pleasure practices. Speakers include: Professor Tonne, (University of Oslo) who led a fascinating project on reader engagement with teachers and librarians in Norway; Dr Levy (University of Sheffield) who is currently...
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Article 10 mins