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Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...concept of ‘race’ invented? How did ideas of ‘race’ operate in political, social, legal and economic terms? What are the challenges we face in describing ‘race’ in our study of the past? Please be aware, this course includes descriptions and depictions of violence, slavery and racist language. If you are likely to find this distressing, please consider...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...concepts of climate justice, transformative learning, and critical pedagogy. You’ll consider ways of supporting your students in addressing the climate crisis through democratic participation, political engagement, and activism. You can now move on to Session 2...Session 1: Preparing to teach the climate emergency: References - Attari, S.Z., Krantz, D.H. and Weber, E.U....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...concepts and frameworks of innovation and entrepreneurship to understand the strategy, process and operations of enterprises at different stages of their life cycle. The course also discusses the impact of innovation and entrepreneurship on society, both at a conceptual and a practical level, including ethics and sustainability, and the economic and social benefits to you...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...concept.] Figure 2 Communication concept. Study note: a note on dates You will notice that this course uses the abbreviations ‘BCE’ and ‘CE’ when dating events, texts and objects. These abbreviations stand for ‘Before the Common Era’ and ‘Common Era’. You may be familiar with an alternative method of referring to dates as ‘BC’ (‘before Christ’) and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Making sense of mental health problems
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of mental health problems

...concepts that have informed debates about mental health diagnosis outline how diagnostic systems have been developed and implemented explain why diagnostic systems are challenged in the mental health field...Making sense of mental health problems: 1 Assessing mental health problems - Figure 1 Ethan from the interactive ‘A Support Net’ which is associated with this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...concept which enables jobs to be examined in three very important ways: the demands of the job, which are what the job-holder must do; the constraints, which limit what the job-holder can do; and the choices, which indicate how much freedom the job-holder has to do the work in the way she or he chooses. Her purpose was to show how dealing appropriately with demands and...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...conceptions of young people on which this policy is based?...Race and Youth Policy: working with young people: 3 Themes of race and risk within youth policy - A major policy theme over the past decade during the period of the coalition government has been the focus on so-called ‘gangs’, thus highlighting the relationship between race, policy and injustice. Smithson...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...concept of the biome, which we would today call a community. He saw a community as being— NARRATOR "the whole complex of organisms naturally living together, whose life must be considered and studied as a whole." DR MICHAEL GILLMAN: Tansley's main interest was in plants, so his work and ideas tend to focus on them. He defined plant communities as-- NARRATOR "--any...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs