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The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it
Society, Politics & Law

The Push - Shove Effect: what Good Friday Agreement has to do with it

...account the democratic wishes of the people of Ireland as a whole. The best way, and in fact, the only way to establish a lasting peace is within a democratic All-Ireland context. Regardless of long fostered socio-economic divisions, the fact must be recognized that Ireland is essentially one nation. With the acceptance of this historical fact, the first step on the road...
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Play, learning and the brain
Education & Development

Play, learning and the brain

...account of a discussion with Charles Nelson, a brain researcher who urges a more cautious approach. Article 4: ‘New research spurs debate on early brain development’ (Ellers, 2004) Take another look at your notes to Activity 2, and where applicable, amend them to include ideas from these readings. Optional reading: In 1999, John Bruer wrote a very important critique...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...account of depression in the UK in general and the work of the universities involved in the project. The researchers in the video suggest that exercise may be a better form of treatment than medication, because it can give people a sense of control and self-management and has minimal side effects. Case study: Malcolm Malcolm has been having a difficult time recently. Six...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...account, you will consider the privacy settings to ensure you get your profile up to speed before you make it visible to your connections. There are a number of things you can control on LinkedIn to maintain your privacy, including limiting who can view elements of your profile to first connections only. (First connections are contacts that you have agreed to connect with...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...account of the ways in which economists have tried to understand what labour market discrimination is and what its sources are. Notice the reference to the ‘ways [plural] … economists have tried to understand’. The most basic message of this course is that economics is not a subject in which there is one single correct answer. This course will also assist you in...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...account for this when planning your holidays. Plan ahead by creating a schedule that includes your major commitments (relating to study, work, and personal or social life) for the duration of your course. You could use a study calendar for this, adding your other commitments to it. Make sure that you plan for contingencies (in case you fall behind and need to catch up),...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...accounts of his character and beliefs. His fellow playwright Thomas Kyd accused him of holding a variety of ‘monstrous opinions’, of being ‘intemperate’ and of having ‘a cruel heart’ (Maclure, 1979, pp. 35, 33), though it's important to realise that Kyd made these claims under torture. The spy Richard Baines, who had already informed on Marlowe during the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...account for their diving abilities. Part of the secret is that aquatic mammals use their lungs more efficiently: they extract more oxygen from the air they take in, and change a higher proportion of the air within their lungs with every breath. For example, we take in about a litre of air with each breath, despite the fact that our lungs can hold over four litres; a fin...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs