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How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...busied myself to think of a story, —a story to rival those which had excited us to this task. One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature, and awaken thrilling horror—one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart. If I did not accomplish these things, my ghost story would be unworthy of its name....
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Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...busy, attending community concerts, supporting late-night shopping initiatives, and seeing Santa when he comes to visit!” Her advice to anyone thinking they might be interested in becoming a councillor? “Anyone can do it! You won’t be alone – you’ll be in a team of other councillors. Be realistic about what you’re able to commit but definitely give it a go.”...
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W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...business and building in the Ward, this account of a diverse community provides the statistical evidence to show how African Americans were systematically disadvantaged. The high levels of unemployment, imprisonment and drug addiction are linked and traced to the discrimination African American people face at every turn. Du Bois wrote this study two decades before the...
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Democracy? You think you know?
Education & Development

Democracy? You think you know?

...businesses are run, how we travel and make a living, even how we see ourselves – it all depends on political decisions. And we are all democrats today. We have elections, parties compete, we vote, and the winners govern us. But how often do we ask: is democracy really a good thing? Is there another way? We take it for granted that democracy is a good thing and the best...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...business is teaching and learning. People, usually with special qualifications, provide learning which often leads to assessments – such as exams – and in turn leads to certificates, degrees or qualifications. Informal learning is more difficult to define because it covers so many aspects of our lives – like the example of being a parent mentioned earlier. Bringing...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...business, etc. Opportunism as it appears in this context engenders fraudulent behaviour that is considered criminal in nature, thus something that the state must root out and punish. But fraud or rather fraud-like behaviour transcends both criminality and even behaviour that is explicitly ‘illegal’. As such it is also a major concern for private law and equity more...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain

...Business, Alicia Dietsch: There’s been a non-reversible shift in the way business is done thanks to the constraints of COVID-19. It’s clear that a successful talent program now requires a hybrid work policy, but that policy needs to be supported by a strategic tech-first cultural reset, to ensure business growth and competition. Firms need to ask themselves if they...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...business as usual. Many organisations – and even governments – know that people’s attention spans are limited by the demands of contemporary life, and that media tends to move on from news stories quickly. [Described image] Figure 7 Leadership involves perseverance and persistence to enact change Hence when organisations face a difficult public issue, it is quite...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs