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Children’s perspectives on play
Education & Development

Children’s perspectives on play

...et al.’s (2014) research. The researchers found that children often associated play with toys and games and saw play to be very much part of their social interactions and relationships with other children. Laughing and having fun featured strongly, as did being able to choose how they played and what they played with. Many of the older children interviewed also...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...et articulata debito modo pronunciata’ (‘A literate and articulate voice, pronounced in a correct manner’). This acts as a motto for the allegorical figure, defining the meaning of grammar as it is understood in this tradition. In other words, the text supplies additional meaning to the painting, though in a slightly different way from the names in Figure 2. Adam...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...et al., 2007). Practitioners taking this approach do not assume that social work knowledge can be simply applied to practice. Instead, assumptions about knowledge, power, practice and role of self are scrutinised and explored (D’Cruz et al., 2007), and this informs action. This idea is arguably especially important in a context of rapid social change, when new...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...profile. --- Water is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there are areas where water supplies are limited, as shown by recent droughts. Globally, there are many areas...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...profile of Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, and Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night (2006). How does the library of Alexandria figure in each of these accounts, and how do their pictures of a modern version contrast with each other? Discussion It’s not hard to see why the universal library is an appealing idea. On a personal level, think about the...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...styles and preferences any evaluation data you have of the effectiveness of previous learning and talent development interventions costs and budgets available. Options for training delivery typically include: courses and classroom training in-house development programmes external courses and programmes, including formal qualifications on-the-job training, including...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...style that architects familiar with the form it took in central Europe would recognise as ‘Gothic’. It was subsequently extended and reconstructed, first in ‘Renaissance’ and then in ‘Baroque’ styles. The castle sustained severe damage during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812 and was abandoned as a ruin. It was subsequently restored at the end of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Money & Business

Risk management

...profile corporate failures (Enron, WorldCom, etc.) regulators have introduced standards that apply to large listed companies. The United States set up a commission (the Treadway Commission) which subsequently published guidance on the essential elements of risk management. This is commonly called COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations). ERM aims to support...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs