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Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...social relationships, when you negotiate a contract, or handle calls in a call centre. All these roles and tasks require flexibility and dexterity with language, and perhaps especially oral language. There is an implicit assumption in what Lise says that a dedicated study of grammar will provide someone with the understanding they need to develop such skills. The second...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The dark side of American populism in the Trump era
Society, Politics & Law

The dark side of American populism in the Trump era

...social and political. The Civil War has been seen as the true American revolution; it pitted a social and political order based on rugged individualistic capitalism against one of plantation economics and strong social hierarchy, including the system of slavery. The southern model was defeated, the slaves emancipated, and Confederate leaders and sympathisers left to mourn...
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Video 5 mins
Trump - an appeal for enlightenment
Society, Politics & Law

Trump - an appeal for enlightenment

...social media, with assistance from data driven communication by social media companies. These target Facebook users based on psychological profiling from Facebook. Data driven communication ensures that political messages are targeted to the people most likely to be influenced by them. It is through this process that social media not only gave a voice to the frustrations...
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Article 10 mins
The sharing economy
Society, Politics & Law

The sharing economy

...social inequality and climate change. This mounting critique of the sharing economy is partly borne out of the frustration that activists, academics and many other citizens feel when they look back at the early 2000s’ euphoria about the capacity of the sharing economy as the ‘third perspective on capitalism and consumerism’ (Heinrichs 2013) to minimise resource use,...
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Activity 10 mins
A history of child protection
Education & Development

A history of child protection

...social and religious ethic. John Wesley's mother advocated iron discipline - backed up by whipping, if necessary: "Break their will betimes.....make him do as he is bid, if you whip him ten times running to effect it..." Parental rights were paramount. Parents knew what was best for their own children, and they could delegate the responsibility to others if they chose....
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Article 10 mins
Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music

...social circumstances and attitudes. Such innovative variation may, therefore, be synchronous or diachronous. [Bandits Eric Hobsbawm book]The outlaw is a common figure in folk music, and there seem to be three archetypal character templates within the tradition: Firstly, the ‘simple criminal’ – someone who refuses to abide by the norms of their own community. Such a...
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Article 5 mins
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...social citizenship’ recognise the difference between ‘acts citizenship’ and ‘status citizenship’ assess the ‘ethical dimension’ to arguments about citizenship identify the relevance of historical comparisons for understanding contemporary citizenship...Teaching citizenship: work and the economy: 1 Global corporate citizenship? - Rarely have businesses found...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...interact and share information digitally, for example social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter or media sharing sites such as YouTube. * Social networking In this context, the use of internet-based social media sites and applications to connect with friends, family, colleague and other personal contacts. * Tablet Tablets are mobile computing devices which are...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs