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Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...psychologically defenceless against it, because being cool was being high. (O’Brien, 2012, p. 89)...Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution: 10 Joplin’s lasting reputation - For Joplin – as for many others, both famous and unknown – heroin addiction proved to be fatal. She died of an overdose on 4 October 1970, 16 days after Hendrix who choked to death on his own...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...psychology. Being a mum, she has had the opportunity to observe her own child and their interactions with technologies that informed the rationale for this course...Children’s experiences with digital technologies: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how digital technologies have been used by children over the years engage...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...Psychology, 29(1), pp. 1–35. McGrath, R.G. (2011) ‘Failing by Design’, Harvard Business Review, 89(4), pp. 76–83. Miller, P. and Wedell-Wedellsborg, T. (2013) Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life.Boston: Harvard Business Review Press. Molnar, A., Whelan, C., and Boyle, P.J. (2019) ‘Securing the Brisbane 2014 G20 in the Wake of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...forensic capacity of Welsh Journalism as resources and revenue options continue to shrink. The primary issues relating to news journalism in Wales are sustainability and plurality. It is becoming more difficult for Wales to retain its visibility to itself and portray the reality of relevant issues beyond its borders to the rest of the UK, and further afield. (Welsh...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...psychology? Answer Several reasons may apply. Primarily, an accepted quantitative model of human behaviour simply does not exist. It may also have been driven by economic and business demands for neat solutions. The longer the financial boom of the 1990s and early 2000s went on without material problems, the more confidence the banks, regulators and governments had that...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...psychological return that they provide, or the social status that participation confers punters on a horse race are offered better odds on outsiders than on the favourite motor insurance companies want bigger premiums from drivers with a poor claims history investors in the stock market demand greater returns from shares that are more volatile than the average of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...psychology Working and Learning In Sport and Fitness The case against perfection Interview with Michael Sandel Cheating in sport (Radio 4) Naughty Nero British Philosophy of Sport Association...The Ancient Olympics: Bridging past and present: 5 Day One: The opening ceremony (athletics and religion) - The Ancient Olympics were, in essence, a religious festival. The Games...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...psychological literature by Boring (1930). It can be viewed as a head-and-shoulders portrait of either an old woman or a young woman. (If you have difficulty seeing both, it might help to know that the old woman is in profile and looking to the left; the young woman, also looking left, is turned away from the viewer. The old woman's left eye the young woman's left ear....
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs