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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...prompted to review your progress in relevant skills at the end of each session...Session 1: The nature of Master’s-level study: 8 Top tips for success – comments from students - We asked some Master’s graduates what advice they would give to those who want to succeed in postgraduate study. The comments they provided (below) offer further insight, and should help to...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...concept of marketing, how to assess if your organisation is marketing orientated and the role of ethics in marketing. You will then be introduced to the principles of branding before considering internal marketing in turbulent times. First let’s start by considering a quote from British entrepreneur Emma Harrison published in the British newspaper the Daily Mail (2004):...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs
Languages

Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs

...des Körpers wurde dann feierlich in der Kapuzinergruft begraben. Translation: When a Habsburg died, first of all - for purely practical reasons - the intestines were removed. They start decaying first and would have exuded a very unpleasant smell during the funeral ceremonies. Then the heart was removed. The heart is seen as the seat of the soul, and this heart was then...
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Activity 10 mins
Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...de-escalation and accessible activities that could help them find self-expression, comfort, and that did not feel too overwhelming or demanding. Arts, talking, nature, sound, and low light – candles and campfires – seemed soothing and releasing of our creative and symbolic efforts. So, my key reflections for International Menopause awareness day are: Take time for...
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Article 5 mins
What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?

...de France during the 2024 Olympics in ParisShow descriptionA photograph of a stadium with a crowd of people outside it. What are the different resources and how long do they take to study? The resources vary, from articles that might take as little as five minutes to read, up to badged courses that take up to 24 hours to study. When you select a resource it will tell you...
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Article 5 mins
Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?

...de Chastelain who ignored the writing on the wall of ‘not a bullet - not an ounce’, and who with colleagues made significant progress in taking many guns out of Irish politics. George Mitchell, Nancy Soderberg, Martha Pope and the arms inspectors Martti Ahtisaari and Cyril Ramaphosa are others who come to mind. We learned from South Africa and the Basque Country and...
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Article 5 mins
Rastafari in Israel
History & The Arts

Rastafari in Israel

...de-essentialising Rastafari, and over the next year or so I will be conducting fieldwork in Rome and London with different Rasta communities and groups. I see my approach as one that focuses on religion in motion, and it is an approach I began to develop when I decided to investigate Rastafari in Israel for my Master’s Thesis. In March 2014, I conducted two weeks of...
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Article 10 mins
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...concept of social harm as an alternative to the more familiar concept of 'crime' as a basis for studying aspects of the social world which are damaging or harmful. In doing so, it will encourage you to think critically about the strengths and limitations of criminology as a subject area...This free course, Questioning crime: social harms and global issues, introduces the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs