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Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...de Atacama, a site of ongoing extraction of lithium from brine – in effect from water – in one of the driest parts of the world. Lithium is a key mineral in the development of lithium-ion batteries, which are central to the Global North’s ‘green transition.’ This extraction serves as an example of the ways in which the Global North’s solutions to the climate...
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Article 5 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...de Graaf, Nicolaas Witsen Project, Netherlands. Who or what do you think is depicted in this picture? Would you think that shamans were humans or some mythical creatures based on this image? Discussion The presence of animal claws, furry skin and reindeer horns all suggest that shamans were not really humans. This depiction of an Evenki shaman was not produced with the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...mode of transport that was quicker than walking and that didn't need feeding. In fact, the first vehicle that worked with two wheels in a line (the very basic characteristic that came to define a bicycle) was introduced in France in 1791 with a non-steering front wheel, no pedals and a wooden horse's head! For its time, this 'bicycle' was an innovation, and unbelievably...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...de-motivating dependency of welfare, promoting self-help and volunteerism...Session 3: Understanding social divisions and diversity: 3.3 Asset-based approaches to community development - [This is a photograph of a group of people working in a garden.] Figure 13 Whatever the current policy discourse, identifying the assets present in communities and working to build on...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...mode of coping’. A good home carer will always respect the wishes of the client and show them that their right to privacy is valued. A person’s home is rightly regarded as the last bastion of privacy and safety. It is all too easy to feel that any remaining control over one’s own life is being taken away, if home care is not dealt with sensitively. Therefore, as...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...Les Adventures de Telemaque, referring to Mentor as a ‘guide and instructor’ and ‘another father’. McKimm, Jollie and Hatter (2007, p. 2) make a historical link to the Middle Ages, when they explain that mentoring ‘became common practice in the time of the guilds and trade apprenticeships when young people, having acquired technical skills, often benefited from...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Languages

Describing language

...De veras no quieres el puesto? (Do you really not want the job?) veras puesto quieres el a. veras b. puesto c. quieres d. el The correct answer is c. Select the answer for Question 1b here 2. German. Wie viele Einwohner hat Deutschland überhaupt? (What population does Germany actually have?) hat überhaupt viele Einwohner a. hat b. überhaupt c. viele d. Einwohner The...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...de Klerk cancelled the country’s nuclear weapons programme. South Africa became the first – and to date the only – country to have developed its own nuclear weapons and then to unilaterally dismantle them. Since then, successive South African governments have been active in supporting nuclear disarmament, playing a key role in establishing the African Nuclear...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs