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Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...changing her job midway through her Prof Doc affected her studies. In recounting her doctoral journey, she explains that what started with a very practical exploration (how people learn to be an effective social worker) had to engage with a philosophical exploration before she was able to solve the practical question. While all Professional Doctorates start with a clear...
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The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...changes of the time, we offer a 'map' of the conceptual territory and the intellectual and cultural climate. We will examine the impact of Enlightenment on a variety of areas including science, religion, the classics, art and nature. Finally, we will examine the forces of change which led from Enlightenment to Romanticism...The free course will examine the Enlightenment....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Croeso: beginners' Welsh
Languages

Croeso: beginners' Welsh

...Change Listen to what has changed over the past 20 years. Holidays Talking about the future and about what you should or would like to do. Circumstances and verbs Talking about what you might do in certain circumstances using the conditional forms of verbs. Describing yourself Menna describing herself and talking about her work. 19th century Welshman, John Williams An...
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Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...change’. Of course, what one person sees as good change may not be viewed as such by another. Hence there is a normative element in such a definition (what should be). So, for the first activity of the course, it will be useful to consider what doing development means to you. Activity 1 Timing: Allow around 20 minutes Take a moment to think about the following...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Witnessing war through a smartphone lens
Society, Politics & Law

Witnessing war through a smartphone lens

...change – as was the case with the Arab Spring...One image of a Syrian child refugee, Alan Kurdi, lying drowned on a Greek beach arguably changed the European migration debate in 2015. Transcript Smartphone cameras have democratised photography. Wherever there are protests, conflicts and wars, the smartphone camera has become instrumental. Protests captured on camera can...
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There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Health, Sports & Psychology

There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!

...change how they treat teenagers says The Open University's Honorary Associate in Sleep, Circadian and Memory Neuroscience, Dr Paul Kelley...In societies the world over, teenagers are blamed for staying up late, then struggling to wake up in the morning. While it’s true that plenty of teenagers (like many adults) do have bad bedtime habits, researchers have long since...
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Hans Rosling: How to compare countries using statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Hans Rosling: How to compare countries using statistics

Statistician magician, the late Hans Rosling shows you how to collate and animate the data of different countries in these short videos that depict our changing world...Transcript All videos shown were produced by Wingspan Productions Watch the videos in the Hans Rosling series Learn more about data with our free materials
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Why is 'modern language' taken to mean 'European language'?
Languages

Why is 'modern language' taken to mean 'European language'?

...change. To begin with, the linguistic landscape in the UK has radically changed. According to the 2011 Census, after Polish the next five main spoken languages other than English are Asian: Panjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati and Arabic. This means that the majority of languages other than English spoken in the UK are no longer European languages but Asian languages. This is...
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