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The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...the proletariat was far too busy cultivating their gardens. George McKay: Absolutely not. There we go. Tim Jordan: Certainly not. George McKay: Think of the French or the Italians, marvellous gardening traditions and pretty lively with revolution too. This discussion was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as part of Thinking Allowed, Wednesday 4th May 2011 Find out more...
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Careers education and guidance
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance

...busy stage of their lives. There are three main transition points for most 11–19 year-olds: subject and course choices around age 14 at the end of compulsory schooling to post-16 education and/or training; at age 18 to higher education or employment. Activity 4 will help you gain some basic knowledge of the opportunities available. You should refer your students to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...business people, etc.) care passionately about the sciences is because they have the potential to influence our lives. To use an oft-cited cliché, ‘science matters’, which is why the work conducted by scientists and other stakeholders can be linked with politicians and other policy makers. The next (optional) activity explores these ideas further. Optional activity:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...business, land, and wealth transfers. Increasingly reparations in relation to climate justice have also been sought. * restitution The restoration of something that has been lost or stolen. Making amends for injury or loss. Making good. * Scramble for Africa A term used to describe the rapid colonisation of Africa by the major European powers, between roughly 1880 and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...business or else you’re out of business,’ as opposed to, ‘Yes, it’s a terrible mess and we’re going to put in regulations and stop people selling power back to the grid or installing batteries in some cases.’ So that’s the challenge that governments everywhere, developed and developing, have now. RH: And it’s not a trivial challenge either, because a lot...
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Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...busy…’ But these are the small things – the ripples in the fabric of normal life – that you don’t necessarily notice but which, as I know now, can be very significant.” Three months after Edward stopped playing, and just two weeks after he handed in an English essay his teacher would later describe as among the best he had read, police knocked at the door of...
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Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...Business and Law where leaders and managers can be supported in their continuing and professional development (CPD). Her experience spans several sectors and subject areas, including projects for government covering aspects of UK and international law and diplomacy. She brings extensive experience of the pedagogy of work-based learning and has designed corporate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...business model you are interested in. Eventually, you might have a product which has different protections applied to it – be it, for example, a trademark or a patent, etc. Interviewer In principle, software programs themselves are not patentable. So why is patent law relevant to software engineers? Maria Fernández-Ferreira Well, first of all, the laws are different in...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs