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Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...economic impacts of these technologies? Discussion The work has led to scientists developing methods to: Detect prostate cancer by ‘smell’, with the potential to perform more accurate diagnoses, thereby saving lives and expenditure in the National Health Service (NHS). Patients, carers and medical professionals, in particular, could benefit from the application of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...economic virtual activities. These opportunities offer an extension to their everyday lives. The avatar body can be customised in a practically infinite number of ways ranging through height, weight, frame and figure, skin colour, eye colour, facial structure and gender, to fantasy animal characters. Activity 3 Read the extract Playing with Pixels: Youth, Identity, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...economics. As well as being an explorer, Mungo Park, who had qualified as a surgeon, had a keen interest in natural history and in the system of the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linnaeus (1707–78) for the classification of plants. It was common to speculate on connections between science and other subjects such as human nature, religion and morality. There were many...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...economic and political priorities of the times. Policy responses in 2012 to the needs of children separated from their families and travelling alone to the UK as refugees or asylum seekers is one example of this. There is an inherent tension between the laws and policies relating to immigration and our expectations of policy and practices created to protect children. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...economic well-being. Every Child Matters informed the Children Act of 2004 which led to the reform of children and young people’s services in England, with an emphasis on promoting cooperation between agencies in order to improve outcomes for children and young people (if you are interested in reading more about these policy developments, see the Every Child Matters...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...economic group contribute to increased digital exclusion...Digital innovation in social care and social work: Conclusion - In this free course, Digital innovation in social care and social work, you have learned about how technology and digital tools, such as apps and smart assistive technology in the home, is changing social care. You have examined some of the promises...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...economic reasons. The son of an Indian father and a Scottish-Indian mother, Selvon had a relatively comfortable middle-class upbringing. After serving in the Trinidadian Navy, Selvon worked on newspapers and literary magazines in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He moved to England in 1950, to avoid ‘being lulled into complacency and acceptance of the carefree and apathetic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...economic success, science and technology, German also has a long-standing reputation as language of poets and thinkers. [Described image] In this course you will journey to Germany, Austria and Switzerland and further progress your linguistic skills needed for understanding and using the German language. Studying 3-4 hours a week, the course offers the perfect opportunity...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs