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Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...Code: A global search for what makes things funny, “Plato and Aristotle contemplated the meaning of comedy while laying the foundations of Western philosophy… Charles Darwin looked for the seeds of laughter in the joyful cries of tickled chimpanzees. Sigmund Freud sought the underlying motivations behind jokes in the nooks and crannies of our unconscious.” One of...
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Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...simple point; if you only have one quick question to ask then obviously it won’t be necessary to organise a formal interview. Just seek an appropriate moment to ask your question. If, however, you have a series of related questions then this will probably need a fixed period of time when you won’t be interrupted. Does your question require a considered or spontaneous...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...simple voice-over, the source remains an absent presence – heard but not seen. Although, even here, marketers might use a recognisable voice to create a connection to the audience. Well-known actors with distinctive voices are frequently employed in this capacity. Examples of actors whose distinctive voices have been used in voice-overs include Stephen Fry, Morgan...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...simple way in which he communicates and drives that vision pulls people around him and creates a team spirit within the community, such that even politicians are challenged to try to do more. SPEAKER 1: Marcus Rashford knows he has a role to play. His passion and commitment draws people to the cause, and his message cannot be ignored, even by the politicians. MICHAEL...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...simple: warm air rises and cold air sinks. How does this principle affect the atmosphere and flow of water in practical terms? Starting with an iconic environmental icon, the polar bear, you will learn how global flows of water, heat and pollution are affecting the Arctic region and changing our world...What affects the atmospheric and ocean flows? This free course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...simple practical problem. If we exist in a system full of complex, contradictory values, creating exclusionary experiences and we see inclusive education as the means to transform that system, how do we work through that system to create greater inclusion? In the next section you will explore further the complexity that practitioners are faced with and the nature of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...simple 'yes' or 'no', and the items could be found in numerous places. Table 1 LIBRARIES DATABASES INTERNET BOOKSELLERS THE MEDIA Books Journal articles References to chapters in books or journals Daily news Words: 0 Answer Table 1 LIBRARIES DATABASES INTERNET BOOKSELLERS THE MEDIA Books Yes, and also in booksellers and maybe on the internet No Possibly but usually not....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...simple battle of good versus evil. Aeneas is in many ways an exemplar of pietas. He loves and respects his father Anchises, and is a devoted father to his young son Ascanius. Activity 2 As Aeneas flees Troy in Book 2, Virgil describes him carrying his elderly father on his back while leading his son by the hand. Read Aeneas’ speech below, in which he gives instructions...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs