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Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...2: The spectrum of personal investments: Introduction - The second week of Managing my investments explores the range of mainstream savings and investment products available to the personal investor. You’ll also examine new types of investments like peer-to-peer lending and crowd funding. Begin by watching the video, to hear Martin Upton introduce this week’s topics....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working mathematically
Science, Maths & Technology

Working mathematically

...2) often portray a more personal view of what mathematics is ‘about’. They include: its beauty and the support it gives to other disciplines it gives a different perspective on things it is cross-curricular and, in general, learners will need some mathematics in the world of work it promotes logical thought and approaches it is involved in so many areas of life it is...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...2) assert that ‘innovation is about new ideas or practices which are implemented’ [original emphasis]. The distinction highlighted by this definition is absolutely vital as it highlights the dual nature of innovation – on the one hand it is about something being new (in this case ideas or practices), and on the other it is about actual implementation. Developing...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...2 Crimes and punishments Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Look through the questions in the first column of Table 1 and make a mental note of the ones you would answer ‘yes’ to. Consider also the penalty you might have been given had you been caught, charged and convicted of these offences. Table 1 Crimes and punishments INCIDENT OFFENCE PENALTY RANGES Have you ever...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...2 The 1950s - In 1954, in a court case called Brown v. The Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court officially ruled that segregated educational facilities were unconstitutional and ‘inherently unequal’ (quoted in Reynolds, 2010, p. 410). A Black lawyer, Thurgood Marshall, who worked for the NAACP, helped bring this case to the Supreme Court. But while it...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...2° which is generally recognised to be an acceptable threshold of warming. MR: Well, I don’t agree there. I think they are much more cautious, you’re right, if you read the actual report as opposed to the summary for policy makers, which is much more alarmist, then they are much more cautious. For example, they have a whole table where they knock out a lot of the...
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Audio 5 mins
Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...2 Employment and mental health problems - Nick and Louis both have mental health problems and could not continue with full-time employment. They both attend the mental health charity Restore, an organisation that supports mental health recovery. For many, recovery includes work of some kind with an ultimate goal of finding paid employment. This goal may be very...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...2 The unveiling of the cenotaph in Whitehall, 1920. In London, a cenotaph – which literally means ‘empty tomb’ – was also established in 1919. This was initially a temporary structure, but due to its popularity a permanent tomb was built and unveiled in 1920. Symbolically significant sites such as these, along with countless war memorials across the belligerent...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs