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Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...busy at work or even at home, numbers are everywhere. It’s impossible to avoid them. From knowing what size clothes to shop for to working out how much money you have to spend, it’s hard to imagine a world without numbers. A basic understanding of maths and numbers is important for so many decisions we make in our everyday lives. And whatever it is you’re shopping...
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Free course 48 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...business. Collaboration plays a similarly important role in coaching by guiding and developing athletes to improve their skills, tactics, and overall performance. Effective teamwork among coaches, athletes, and support staff is essential for creating a cohesive and productive environment. Activity 3 Your favourite team Timing: Allow approximately 15 minutes Watch this...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...business context (with your new customers), as part of daily life (e.g. shopping with your relatives in France), as a tourist (e.g. asking for directions or booking a hotel in Quebec), or just as part of your studies. What sort of language will you be reading or listening to? Will it be formal business French, informal conversations, short interactions with shop owners,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Society, Politics & Law

Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences

...money. And if lots of others share my inconsistency, a market-based system won’t be as economically efficient or socially just as the theories suggest. Yet sometimes in practice, cyclical preference seems perfectly rational. When choosing among election candidates, I might prefer Gottabee Wright to Hardy Lefte, and think both of them more worthwhile than third candidate...
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Article 10 mins
How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

...money, but there is always a way to live in line with values, no matter how small the first steps. Hooks can also be emotional, such as not feeling deserving, worry about what other people will think and not feeling confident in making changes. Once these are known we are then in a position to take ‘committed action’ to making these changes for the better. 4: Opening...
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Article 10 mins
Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Chavs - The Demonization of the Working Class

...money, grow confident, build families - and still have time for community life from watching affordable football to singing Bach, Handel and Mendelsohn in the chapel down the road from the mill. Margaret Thatcher was strong on preaching "personal responsibility", preferring to attribute her own affluent success to the virtues imbibed in the Grantham shop than to her...
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Article 10 mins
Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...money who can afford physio or therapists, and these kids turn up with all the kit. Not everyone is equal. But if anything, it made me more determined to make the most of what I did have and give 110% in training." Adam Peaty, GB Swimmer [Adam Peaty Rio 2016] Peaty’s success demonstrates that although environmental factors such as financial support can be influential...
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Article 5 mins
It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Society, Politics & Law

It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name

...money was good. I could not help thinking that after 10 years of friendship, did I really know Jas at all? The justification for being called Dave did not settle well with me. Jas did not seem to see the bigger issue here when he casually responded, ‘Mate everyone is doing this, you will too’. I could have lost my train of thought at this point, but I wanted to...
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Article 10 mins