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Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...motivations for learning a new language. Why would you like to learn Arabic? How proficient would you like to be? Answer There is no right or wrong here, of course. It can be fun to get a basic understanding of how a language works that is very different (or also similar!) to languages you already speak, or if you have holidays booked, it is nice to demonstrate an...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...motive and opportunity, among other things. The reason for this is that the punishment for criminal acts is typically severe: deprivation of basic liberties, such as freedom of movement and association. Imprisonment deprives a person of a number of basic liberties. There’s no way the kind of collective punishment that’s being dished out to Russian track and field...
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Article 5 mins
Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...motivated to try to make a difference? As a filmmaker, you always want to be a part of something that’s going to turn heads and get people thinking. So I think there is room for more conservation-based films where we can address issues about what’s happening to the wider environment, and indeed, to the planet really and that only kind of wets my appetite as wanting to...
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Video 30 mins
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...motivations behind jokes in the nooks and crannies of our unconscious.” One of the most enduring theories of humour arrived courtesy of the philosopher Thomas Hobbes. It asserts that humour is ostensibly about mocking the weak and exerting superiority. While this is clearly the function of some comedy – anyone who has flinched at a comic’s lame attempt to poke fun...
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Article 10 mins
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...motivations. Governors are drawn from different organisations and may have been elected to the governing body or appointed. Within the governing body there is also a subset of teams created for particular purposes: these could be statutory committees, or committees that meet the particular needs of an individual school. Governing body committees can cover areas such...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...et al 1967). Divers are also frequent victims and among wildfowl, eiders Somateria spp., scoters Melanitta spp. and the Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemaIis have suffered losses in tens of thousands in some incidents (McCallum 1964; Harrison 1967). In March 1968, 1,300 Common Eiders and scoters were found oiled in the Firth of Tay in Scotland (J. J. D. Greenwood, pers....
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Article 10 mins
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...et al (2000) ‘Bursars’ expected roles: an overview’, From Bursar to School Business Manager, Pearson Education Ltd. DfES, (2004) Looking for a Bursar. Crown copyright material is reproduced under Class Licence Number C01W0000065 with the permission of the Controller if HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland (Various extracts) Davies, B. and Ellison, L. (1999)...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...motivations cloud their true meaning? This free course, Helen Langdon's 'Caravaggio', explores the biographical monograph, one of the most common forms of art history writing...Accounts of Caravaggio's life are filled with suggestions of murder and intrigue. But does knowing more about this dark artist's experiences help us to interpret his art? Or does understanding his...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs