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Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...system using pairs of torches, but this doesn't seem to have been widely adopted (the Ancient Greeks were clearly too clever for their contemporaries!). Indeed, it wasn't until the late-18th century that a communications network widely regarded as the precursor to the electrical telegraph came into being. Claude Chappe devised a system of semaphore relay stations which...
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Article 5 mins
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...system, but the messages about the principles of effective mentoring and coaching and the important role mentors have as teacher-educators within the school-based context remain the same across education systems. The course will aid your understanding of the role of a mentor supporting a beginner-teacher as they progress along a continuum of familiarisation with and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...think in broad ways about how you and others take decisions; we shall also introduce you to some themes in social science which have direct relevance to managerial decision making. The approach of this course is descriptive: rather than prescribing how you should make decisions we look at frameworks that will help you to understand how decisions are actually made. We aim...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...systems experts, to know that this is exactly how both public and private sector bureaucracies do behave. The driving forces in the DNA of every bureaucracy are the twin desires for survival and growth. When you divide complex, deeply interconnected and interdependent public service systems up into competing quasi-autonomous silos - some bigger and more glamorous than...
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Video 15 mins
What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...system. But, even if true, the effect on voting for US Senators – what Americans refer to as “down-ballot voting” – could be significant. Faced with this continuously raucous process, relatively few Americans – beyond each candidate’s transition teams – have spent much time contemplating what will happen on 9 November. And most of that discussion in the...
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Article 10 mins
The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...system. This effect 'locks us in' to the natural twenty four hour day. There have been experiments performed where people have been cut off from knowledge of the true passage of time, and denied access to daylight - in one case this was done in a pot-hole. The people still showed a cycle in the hormone levels, but without the daylight to keep it in time, most people's...
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Article 10 mins
Supporting children’s learning in primary education today
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in primary education today

...systems in the UK and opportunities for learning and teaching beyond the school gates...Supporting children’s learning in primary education today: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the different aims of primary education today articulate different ways in which learners are supported in primary school demonstrate an...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...system and will introduce you to the ways in which social work practitioners can support people with insecure immigration status, refugees and asylum seekers more effectively. It will highlight some of the realities of asylum and immigration in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland today...This course will present an overview of the policy and law that relates to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs