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Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...perceptions of reading for pleasure also deserve attention. Reading for pleasure is increasingly recognised as a ‘purposeful volitional act with a large measure of choice and free will’ (Powell, 2014). Whereas pleasure in reading refers to pleasure in the experience, regardless of whether the reader was able to exercise agency in the context. For instance, listening...
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Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...perception of you. Flagging and exploring any big gaps between your perception of self and their perception of you could be helpful for your development as a leader...Step up to leadership: 4.1 Being a leader might depend on context - Looking beyond traits, it’s also important to consider the context in which leadership takes place. First developed in the 1960s by Paul...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?
Languages

How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?

...perceptions of global issues, including environmental disasters. The media may obstruct or support interests of various stakeholders, and do not necessarily educate us in an uninterested way. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was the worst industrial disaster in US history and 4.9 million barrel crude were released into the environment. In...
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Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...perception of time spent on language learning apps as something worthwhile shows how far these apps have come in a short time. As formal language teaching has moved towards more communicative approaches to language learning, learners are turning to such apps where they can make mistakes in a private setting. [The Conversation]This non-threatening environment, where errors...
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Article 10 mins
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom

...perceptions that arise from the show? Arguably not very realistic at all. While the programme presents a boardroom dominated by a strong leader, in actuality boardrooms are commonly populated by a range of opinions and opinion-makers. Further, they are less rational and more influenced by the effects of bias linked to the pre-conceived assumptions of the company’s...
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Article 5 mins
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...perception of what is present and real and everyday, and so permeates the most basic levels of our daily lives. In this course, we will be concerned with some of the different ways in which the imagination is talked of and conceived, exploring just what the imagination might be and what philosophical issues it raises. The course is divided into two main sections. In the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...perception-- not only the community's perception, but in terms of what happens at school. And I'm going to take you back maybe a couple of years ago-- but this is my own perceptions. Taking you back a couple of years ago whereby the principal, for example, was the person at the school, wherever there's problems in the community, the community people come to the principal,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...perception of risk in the environment, in a phenomenon known as the “risk disturbance hypothesis”. But at what cost? Taking flight burns valuable energy and interrupts foraging, which is crucial for any animal, but particularly for small-bodied species with high energetic demands such as the prairie dog. So the cost of reacting to perceived danger must be balanced...
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