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Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...English Health Authority 11% of one parent families were headed up by nurses (Delamothe,1988). Remembering the nurses strike of 1988 The third dispute of 1988 occurred in December and was solely a nurse’s dispute on the issue of pay after nurses were promised significant pay rises but once again found that the small print of the regrading exercise would mean that the...
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Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...English Mana prestige, power, strength Kaitiakitanga guardianship, environmental stewardship Kaitiaki guardian, protector Whenua land Papatūānuku mother earth Activity 1 Thinking about cultural practices in New Zealand Timing: Allow about 20 minutes In the first video Maria is responding to the question: Can you describe some of the cultural practices which inform young...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...everyday life, individualism and the state forged in the late 18th century continue to shape today’s debates about how to balance personal dietary freedom with the health of the body politic. The seductive promise that, collectively and individually, we can somehow eat our way to health and economic well-being remains a powerful component of our neoliberal world. This...
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Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...English as their first language (ONS, 2021)...Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change: 3.2 Principal views? - So let’s read about school leaders’ views of some of these challenges and how they deal with them. Activity 6 Principal views? Timing: 45 minutes Read Sider, S., Maich, K., Morvan, J., Villella, M., Ling, P. and Repp, C., (2021) ‘Inclusive school leadership:...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...everyday meanings. It does however have a precise scientific meaning and is an important concept. Think of two or three phrases in which you include the word ‘energy’ in an everyday sense. Possible examples are: ‘Where do children get their energy from?’, ‘I haven’t got the energy to get up’ or ‘Sweets are full of energy’. None of the everyday uses of...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...English secondary schools. Grant number: ES/V016989/1. The project was led by Professor Jacqueline Baxter, with thanks to Dr Katharine Jewitt, Research Associate, for her work on the course. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...English, written in 1874. First you will discover something about Hardy’s life, and the importance to his writing of the region he grew up in, the South-West of England. You will then read one short chapter from Far From the Madding Crowd and find out about how Hardy uses narration, style and dialogue to create characters and a fictional world that readers can believe...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
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Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...everyday matters like transport and shopping in a rural area. Others involved the way she related to her husband and children as she started to develop a new sense of identity in her new home and community. We heard of the skills and knowledge she gained from her voluntary and then her employed work for Sure Start. Anne’s stories were of the experiences in which and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs