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Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...account of a renowned feminist macroeconomist, Professor Jayati Ghosh, on the importance of Economics in creating and sustaining but also in tackling global challenges. Transcript In Session 1, you will explore the extent to which climate change and other environmental degradations raise the question of whether there are biophysical limits to economic activity. In Session...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...account, of about 150 words, to compare and contrast the situations in marmosets and in marmots. Include in your answer any benefits to the mother and the young females that arise from this behaviour. Answer Young female marmosets remain with their mother to carry younger siblings, allowing the mother to devote her energy to foraging. The presence of their mother...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...accounting for nearly one-quarter of the amount of MSW expected to be generated by the entire world (Hoornweg and Bhada-Tata, 2012). [Described image] Figure 8 Estimated past and predicted annual growth of MSW in China in million tonnes per year from 1980 to 2025 (adapted from Zhang et al., 2010; Hoornweg and Bhada-Tata, 2012) Activity 3 Growth of MSW Timing: Allow about...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...accountant, who was chosen for the role because he appeared mild-mannered and likeable. He was not the sort of person one would want to see hurt. The drawing of slips of paper was fixed to ensure that the ‘naive participant’ was always cast in the role of the ‘teacher’, and the ‘shock generator’ was simply a simulator. The sounds (the moans and cries) that the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...account and do the activities associated with it if at all possible, as this does add a great deal of value to your networking practice. We will look at pedagogy associated with open learning itself in Week 5 of this course. The course is set out week by week as many learners prefer to structure their study this way. However, it is not essential that you study it in this...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales
Languages

Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales

...account of Acadian history as it contains numerous inaccuracies and dissimulates historical details. And yet, this rose-colored account not only contributed to the strengthening of the American national sentiment of the time; the Cajuns, for want of a founding myth, also readily accepted the New England poet’s retelling of the Grand Dérangement and appropriated it as...
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Article 15 mins
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...account for 11 per cent of 2023 coverage hours of women’s sport but 77 per cent of viewing hours, with football dominating. Of note, women’s sport continues to attract new audiences: for example, 15.6 million people watched the Women’s World Cup in 2023. While progress has been made in terms of visibility, with record numbers in 2023, coverage reduced in 2021 and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...accounts are far from unanimous on how this happened – there are now but a handful of papyri and other objects to convey a sense of Egyptian mathematical activity. The largest and best preserved of these is the Rhind papyrus (Extract 1), now in the British Museum, a copy made in about 1650 BC of a text from two centuries earlier. In Box 3 the Egyptologist Sir Alan...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs