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George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...psychological and physical control over a joyless, fearful population. Totalitarianism Totalitarianism is a political system in which order is imposed on the population through ideological manipulation and the systematic use of state terror. A totalitarian state is a one-party state in which dissent is ruthlessly suppressed. The term has been used to describe both...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...psychology, sociology, politics, science and theology. This is a good thing, not a bad thing. It is something to bear in mind as you work through this course. It’s not a reason for thinking that the non-philosophical or less philosophical questions that we might raise about religion are uninteresting, or less interesting than the philosophical questions. But it is a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...psychologically or socially driven factors, such as the desire to have the same (or better) product as one’s peers. To improve something: the need to improve something follows on from the driver of problem solving. Being able to do something better, faster or more reliably are all examples of improvement that can be significant drivers of design. In fact, much of modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...psychology. Some people reviewed 208 different studies in which volunteers had been invited into a psychological laboratory and had their stress hormones, their responses to doing stressful tasks, measured. And in the review, what they were interested in seeing is what kind of stresses most reliably raise levels of cortisol, the central stress hormone. And the conclusion...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ
Languages

АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ

...Psychology course [Book called Introduction to Psychology] Football fans [Newspaper report on a football match] Pop music fans [Magazine called Pop & Rock News] Vegetarians or those cooking for them [Book called 50 Vegetarian Favourites] Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 4 items in...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...psychological, and other resources so as to arouse, engage and satisfy the motives of followers’ (Burns, 1978, p. 18); ‘leadership is realised in the process whereby one or more individuals succeed in attempting to frame and define the reality of others’ (Smircich and Morgan, 1982, p. 258); … ‘mobilising people to tackle tough problems’ (Heifetz, 1994, p. 15)....
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...psychological, social and spiritual needs. * Life story book ‘A life story book is an account of a person’s life, including stories and memories of past events and relationships – all the kinds of experiences that make us who we are. In addition to helping the person with learning disabilities, these books also enable others to see beyond the ‘client’ identity...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...Psychology and Education’, The Philosopher, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1–6 [Online]. Available at http://www.the-philosopher.co.uk/ 2016/ 08/ individual-psychology-and-education-1934.html (Accessed 15 September 2017). Did you know in 2028… (2014) YouTube video, added by The Centre Online [Online]. Available at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=QpEFjWbXog0c (Accessed 31...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs