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The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...accounts of Saint Patrick's life "The Irish have many lives of their great apostle, whereof the two principal are, that compiled by Jocelin, a Cistercian monk, in the twelfth century, who quotes four lives written by disciples of the saint; and that by Probus, who, according to Bollandus, lived in the seventh century. But in both are intermixed several injudicious popular...
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Article 10 mins
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...account for the context of your business/circumstances, may be inaccurate and incomplete or it may suggest clauses and provisions that are not commercially appropriate to your business' size, sector, structure and/or jurisdiction. Conversely, you could use an LLM to help you draft an initial letter or email of complaint to another party that sets out the basic facts of a...
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Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...account for the way it appears as a solid ‘social fact’ in our work, but then disappears as a ‘social fiction’ from our personal lives. As is often the case, Stuart Hall put his finger on it when he reflected on how Marxism morphed into cultural studies in the Birmingham Centre for Cultural Studies in the 1980s: We had to develop a methodology that taught us to...
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English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...account of the content of something you have read, heard or viewed without details Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 5 items in each list. Report Short definition and explanation Essay Short-answer exercise Summary Match each of the previous list items with an item from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...account of external factors such as the time you have or the circumstances in which you study? Are you basing your judgement on your own evaluation of your intellectual capacities? Do energy, enthusiasm and commitment come into the evaluation? What would it take to improve your prospects of success, measured by whatever criterion is important to you? Can you act to...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...account depending on how you interpret ‘distinctive’. … Many quarters of the media came to the conclusion that Trott was suffering from depression … In an hour-long interview … Trott revealed that he had in fact not been experiencing depression, but ‘burnout’. He had become ‘physically and emotionally spent’, with perceived technical weaknesses in his...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...account of such an encounter. You will probably notice that the author uses two types of argument in his discussion of the experience. The first is argument by analogy, which involves comparing two things in order to highlight a perceived similarity. By its nature, an analogy offers a simplified view of an idea or process – an illustration, rather than a detailed...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...account your personal circumstances. You’ll also be looking at the importance of networking and the different types of networks that you can use to help you shape and achieve your career goals. Remember, it’s always useful to discuss your ideas or plans with a colleague, current employer, or your family. Hearing other people’s views can be an important part of your...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs