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Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...concept)’, Spanish uses the verb saber. •Yo sé dónde está Marta. •Yo no sé dónde está Marta. •¿Sabes mi nombre? (Notice that this is different from the verb conocer which means ‘to know (a person)’ in the sense of ‘to be acquainted with’.) SABER (yo) sé (nosotros, -as) sabemos (tú) sabes (vosotros, -as) sabéis (él/ella/usted) sabe
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...concept of a segmented labour market has been applied in a variety of ways. Analyses differ in the outcomes of interest (pay, employment stability or mobility), in the delineation of segments (by job, industry, gender, race or age) and in the methodology of investigation, whether qualitative or econometric (McNabb and Ryan, 1990). There is, however, a consensus among...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...concept of ‘bounded rationality’ (Simon, 1957): that is, there are limits to the cognitive and information-processing capacity we can devote to any judgement. Both perspectives also focus on individual behaviour rather than social processes. This is the starting point for the third sociological perspective identified by Tetlock: people as naïve politicians. In this...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...concepts, scientific principles and language relating to meteorology and weather forecasting, in particular the techniques used to gather meteorological data receive and respond to information presented in a variety of ways, including text, tables, graphs, diagrams, computer-based multimedia and websites begin to understand how to develop personal learning
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...concepts that are relevant at various stages throughout the course...Minerals and the crystalline state: 2 States of matter - Substances generally exist in one of three different states: as a gas, liquid or solid. Figure 3 illustrates these states in terms of their atomic arrangements, with small black arrows representing relative velocities of atoms or molecules in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...concept of energy transfer between trophic levels outline the usefulness and limitations of food chains and food webs using examples, weigh up the value of dietary specialisation and of omnivory summarise the physiological changes linked with ‘hibernation’ in grizzly bears give examples of variations in diet and lifestyle among the bear family...Studying mammals: The...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...concept of the dynamic unconscious, surveys and general qualitative approaches that assume that what people say (or write) provides a reliable indication of their views and likely behaviours, and critical discursive approaches that propose a more complex relationship between people and their language practices. The approach you adopt will probably follow in large part...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...concept of employee engagement employee involvement and participation collective aspects of employee relations. We shall also examine how the wider context of employment relationship affects how engagement is understood and the methods used to encourage it. In this free course, we define engagement as ‘a set of positive attitudes and behaviours enabling high job...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs