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‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...non-White Americans to African Americans via this more subtle expression of prejudice. Sue et al. (2007) later refined the definition and recognised the microaggression as a way of behaving that went beyond race. Sue described microaggression as: ‘the everyday slights, indignities, put downs and insults that people of colour, women, LGBT populations or those who are marginalized experience in their day-to-day interactions ......
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The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...et des metiers (Encyclopédia, or an Analytical Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts and Trades), published in Paris between 1751 and 1772 in 28 volumes and accompanied by 11 volumes of illustrative plates. (Further supplementary volumes were published almost up to the French Revolution in 1789.) The main editor of the work was Denis Diderot (1713–84, pronounced...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...et al © NASA STScl; MERLIN; NASA/CXC/SAO/H. Marshall et al Figure 18: Images of the nearest quasar, 3C 273. (a) An optical (V band) image shows a faint jet of material emerging from the star-like nucleus. The panels show the jet in more detail at (b) optical, (c) radio and (d) X-ray wavelengths. Note that the different colours in panels (b), (c) and (d) represent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...et al., 1982). Therefore, through your observations at your chosen organisational context, initial information screening, and general theory and literature search, you should be able to identify something that is currently poorly understood in your management practice. This gap could be of some value to your chosen organisation and could be converted into a defined...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...motivates them to do what they do. Third-person narrators are often also referred to as omniscient, because they are god-like in their control of their fictional characters and the story that they tell. But they stand outside their stories, sometimes judging or telling us what to think about characters, sometimes leaving readers to decide for themselves, or they may...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...motivations when he decides to kill Turnus? Are you surprised that Virgil ends the poem so abruptly here? What do you think of the ending? Discussion The ancient literary critic Servius, who wrote a commentary on the Aeneid in the fourth century ce, didn’t see a moral issue in this passage. According to him, Aeneas was pius to consider mercy, but also pius to avenge...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...motivator, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses...Introduction and guidance: How do I achieve a badge for this course? - Getting your badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...et al., 2021). From this work, it seems that nuts and tree nuts are the most common cause of death in young adults while cow’s milk is the most common single cause of death in school-aged children. Data from the USA states that those at greatest risk of death are those under 35 years old. Adolescents and children carry a bigger risk as they depend upon others to keep...
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