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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...de nieuwe telkonst. The calculations of Briggs and Vlacq were the essential basis of all subsequent tables of ‘common logarithms’. The work illustrated is of a later French edition of Vlacq’s shortened (seven-place) trigonometrical tables...John Napier: 6 Spreading the word about logarithms - Another person besides Briggs to recognise immediately the importance of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...many different contexts is a tool called ‘Six Thinking Hats’ popularised by Edward de Bono...Difference and challenge in teams: 6 ‘We need to stretch ourselves’ - Evelyn is a manager interested in developing her team, but worries that they may be ‘too good’ already. Listen to her plight in the audio below (a transcript is also provided). We need to stretch ourselves, but how? In a way we’re too good at this aspect of our ......
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...de-familiarising your perceptions you will reinvigorate your writing. Here are some similar follow-up exercises that you can try when you get time. Try the same exercise on a different, but still familiar, place. You can also try it with familiar characters in your life – describe them in their absence and then take note of the things you didn't recall. Think of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...mode of presentation’. Take the thought or proposition that Immanuel (my cat) is wet. I can adopt various propositional attitudes to this. I can believe it, I can desire it, I can fear it, or I can imagine it, to mention just four. On Gaut's conception, to imagine it is to think of it without commitment to its truth or falsity. To believe it, on the other hand, as Gaut...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...modes of cultural existence. There is also pride in the way black people have helped to shape Western culture, not merely by means of the free labor and extraction of resources that economically supported this culture but also directly through cultural contributions, most prominently in music and dance. These contributions are racial in character – that is to say, they...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...modes of thinking. Diversity provides innovation, which, in turn, makes us grow culturally and economically. And finally, I believe diversity connects us. If we just look at the world's most cosmopolitan and integrated cities, these places have tangible benefits, from personal development to enriching communities and the economy as a whole. Diversity acts as a magnet,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...de Medicine do Esporte, 17(2), pp. 97–101. Teixeira, R.V., Colla, C., Subruzzi, G., Mallman, A. and Paiva, L.L. (2018) ‘Prevalence of urinary incontinence in female athletes: a systematic review with meta-analysis’, International Urogynecology Journal, 29, pp. 197–204...Session 4: Pelvic floor muscles: out of sight and often overlooked: Acknowledgements - This...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...de-greased and cleansed skin), thought out or discovered how it can be done (soap in the form of a shower gel), designed, set up and run the means for making the thing (raw materials, process equipment, energy source, labour and finance) and delivered it to the consumer. You can see that this nutshell description of what engineering involves already identifies or implies...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs