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What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...energies, and the failure of most emerging nationalities in this period to gain control over the territory they inhabited and to construct their own state. The old European empires, although weakening and subject to growing internal strain (particularly in the case of Ottoman Turkey, but also affecting Austria and Russia), held together until the outbreak of the First...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...energy in acquiring human capital. They thus face lower earnings as a result of having less training and lower skills. Because women themselves choose not to invest in skills and training, their lower earnings would not represent discrimination according to the definition used in this course. Of course, it could be argued that some women decide to focus on their family...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...energy and emotion, not only for them but for their families as well. One reason for giving children homework is to help schools communicate with parents, and for parents to know more about what their children are learning in school. Parents and teachers can, and should, work together to support children’s learning. Good teachers know that parents are children’s first...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...energy to socialise. 2. They are an unfriendly person that prefers their own company. 3. They had some bad news on the way to the gathering, which they are still thinking about rather than talking to others. 4. They are a shy person that can find it difficult to talk to others. Words: 0 D. You are at a restaurant. The person serving you takes a long time to come to your...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...energy cost or fuel cost due to greater efficiency cash flow from the disposal of old equipment working capital released at the end of a project (note this may be lower than the working capital required at the beginning of the project). Box 3 The fallacy of sunk costs The logic of ignoring sunk costs is clear; and taking them into account is called a fallacy – a faulty...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...energy knocking on doors, handing out leaflets, and finding tiny babies to kiss. They need to persuade us that they’re the best person for the job of representing us in Parliament. BYSTANDER: Vote for Danny, yeah? WOMAN ON BENCH: Who’s Danny? DANNY: Parliament comes from the French word for Parliament. You’ve not researched this hugely, have you? Leave it, I’m...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...energy and then good rhythm. And then at the same time, we have to listen to each other-- and of course, melody and then piano part as well. NAOMI BARKER: The final layer, of course, is in the piano. Now, Jeremy, you've got lots of fireworks there. How does that relate to the rest of the piece? JEREMY YOUNG: Yeah, within the context of the whole piece, this is the real...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...energy to it, you did. But till then, don't worry. I've got my cup of tea. It gives me an immediate kick. A sugar high guaranteed. Right now. Right here. It's a clean deal. Yeah? Would you like to have some? [LAUGHTER] And by the way, thank you for asking. It's rare that someone has asked me what a cup of tea means in my life. And so this man is actually a barefoot hedge...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs