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The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...busy that I have to queue for quite some time to get in. Toddlers are racing around, parents drink coffee and kids in, variously, ballet outfits, gym kits and disco gear jostle to get past me. It’s a typical Tuesday evening at the club, which has been running since 1940 in various guises, though never quite as actively as this. As enthusiastic chief executive Dennis...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...businesses to do constrained tasks. And therefore it's really important to have a view of how you're motivated as an individual so that you can find the right roles, find the right place for yourself within the organisation, find the right approach to market yourself, to promote yourself to a client, a manager, a project leader, and to find other ways of exploiting your...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...busy and full of people, I think she is going to be the sort of child who enjoys company. Eamon: At first I was afraid to hold her in case I was too rough. She seemed so delicate. But it felt so natural once I did. I'll never forget the smell and feel of her skin and hair – really soft. I remember all the different sounds she made – grunts when well fed; snuffles just...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...business or consumption – this approach, notably ecological justice, insists that such actions be assessed within the context of damage or harm to other living things. And this position is often referred to as an ecocentric understanding of human and nature interaction. Now some may criticise this position because it lacks acknowledgement that the reality of harm,...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...busy but not a bustling landscape and there is a distinct sense of measured movement in the human activities Brueghel portrays. The influence of the bright Mediterranean dawn is very much in evidence in the scene but possibly the ploughman sports the richer hues of the Northern school of painting. You may agree that the viewer is drawn into the picture and invited not...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...business, family or personal relationship. Providing a neutral and safe venue for negotiating For mediation to be successful there must be conditions conducive to discussion, exploration of options and possibilities, and negotiation. This point highlights the essence of the mediator’s art: to bring the different parties together in the same room, minimise any hostility...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...business situations the norm is to shake hands. [Described image] The best way of judging what to do and thereby avoiding appearing too formal is to follow the lead of others or wait to see whether the person you are meeting offers an outstretched hand or leans towards you...Week 1: How to say hello and goodbye: 2 Spanish vowels - In Spanish there are only five vowel...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...Business School. Week 1: Your digital life...Week 1: Your digital life: Introduction - It is too early to tell whether the Internet’s effect on media will be as radical as that of the printing press. It is not too early to tell that there is nothing that happened between 1450 and now that comes close. (Naughton, 2012) Why is ‘digital’ such a big deal? Here are a few...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs