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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...English, that was the major conflict in my life. I think being a Catholic was very important to me. Partly in a positive sense because it gave me lots of stories – Catholicism is a source ofwhat we might call magical realism – mad, crazy things the saints get up to – miracles, and so on and so forth. Catholicism was also a very bad place for a young woman growing...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...English football Premiership might be seen as an example of marketing innovation. The old First Division was replaced by a new organisation that sold broadcast rights via a new television provider, making the English Premiership perhaps the richest football league in the world. Essentially the same product was repackaged and made available via paid-for subscription...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...English Institute of Sport (EIS) to illustrate how people learn in different ways. How do you think the ideas it contains about the following apply to coaches? Situated learning The apprenticeship A craftsman’s journey Tribal learning. Discussion Possible links from the article to the role of a coach developer – for each of the four learning situations – include:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...English whisky, small batch gin and other liquers. CAMRA: founded in 1971 and with over 188,000 members, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is a non-proft consumer body who tirelessly promote traditional beers and ales. Videos filmed at the brewery and distillery also feature prominently through the course. The course was also developed with the help of Dr Nick Turner,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...English Oxford Living Dictionaries, n.d.) Activity 3 What is sustainability? Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes. Listen to the short audio extract of an episode of the OU BBC Radio 4 programme Shared Planet (2013) entitled ‘What is Sustainability?’. As you listen, consider the differing views of what sustainability is. PRESENTER: Now this week we are looking at...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...English were ‘fantasy’ – or ‘fancy’ or ‘phantasy’ – and ‘imagination’. In this initial period of English usage, there seems to have been no established distinction between the two terms. In his Leviathan of 1651, for example, Hobbes claimed that what ‘the Latins call imagination … the Greeks call … fancy’ (I, ii). By the end of the eighteenth...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...English Dictionary sees things in a more complex light than the legal definition of crime. The OED defines crime as: An act punishable by law, as being forbidden by statute or injurious to the public welfare … An evil or injurious act; an offence, sin; esp. of a grave character. But this definition begs a whole host of questions. Ones that come immediately to mind are:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...English. They don't need to claim asylum in England. They tend to or probably going to be from other third-world countries coming to the UK. And so those experiences and being able to speak to them about their experiences or understanding their experiences are incredibly important in understanding their case and then being able to put it forward before the court or the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs