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Languages

Describing language

...writing, signing – all day, every day, but we don’t often think about what language is and how it works. This week you’ll have a chance to do just that. You’ll start by thinking about how words work and how they are made and you’ll consider whether something can be ‘putdownable’, just a ‘guesstimate’, or ‘googlicious’. You’ll have an opportunity to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...write down brief notes on which structural features need attention in the event of further intervention...Diagramming for development 2: Exploring interrelationships: 3.3 Multiple cause diagram - Definition Multiple cause diagrams show the various causes of a certain event or situation and the relationships between the variables. They show causal chains of why something...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...writing. And he’s there with his favourite walking stick and his glasses. Jeremy Bentham is really unusual in that he gave explicit consent in his will, in fact he demanded in his will, that he should be put on display like this. But usually when bodies and body parts appear in museums, it’s not even with implicit consent. So, for instance, we look at the case of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...writing a diary or journal. Similar constraints apply to writing an autobiography, and memoirs are most often compiled by those who have enjoyed fame in their lifetime. Also, especially with regard to those diaries and autobiographies which are published, we must ask whether the account tallies with the reality, or in other words, does the author have an interest in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Primary science: supporting children’s learning
Education & Development

Primary science: supporting children’s learning

...writing’ will make them more likely to understand and retain learning (Kearton, 2011)...Primary science: supporting children’s learning: 2.3 Classification: order or confusion? - Classification is used to bring some order to scientific knowledge, but as with all human constructions, there are debates and contentious issues surrounding the topic. For example, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...write a brief statement explaining what a retailer does for its customers: Figure 2 Zara – a multinational chain of fashion stores, Wood Shop – a small independent shop selling locally made merchandise, Galeries Lafayette – a chain of French department stores. Activity 1: Defining retailing Timing: Allow 15 minutes for this activity Purpose: to get you to start...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...writing (2023), it is estimated that almost half of the world’s population spends time ‘checking their socials’ (Statistica, 2021). The reality is that not only are there a staggering number of people on social media sites, but the amount of time that people are spending on them increases year on year. The reasons people engage in social media vary. Students who...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...Write 4 025 in words. TH H T U 4 0 2 5 Answer 4 025 in words is four thousand and twenty-five. Write six thousand, four hundred and seventy-two in figures. TH H T U six four seven two Answer Six thousand, four hundred and seventy-two in figures is 6 472. Here are the results of an election to be school governor at Hawthorn School: John Smith: 436 votes Sonia Cedar: 723...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs