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Personal branding for career success Badge icon
Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...et al, 2008, p.557) Mind Tools defines values as ‘the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work’ (Mind Tools Content Team, n.d.). The more closely you can align your values with the way you live and work, the more satisfied you are likely to be. Gayle Johnson is a freelance copywriter and coach, who has consciously built her business around...
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...doubled their ranks, completely unknown to German intelligence. Their superior numbers allowed the Allied forces to capture key locations in the hills around Cassino and the German forces, realising they would soon be defeated, chose to retreat. A group of Polish soldiers then finally captured the abbey. After this victory, the Allied forces were able to continue pushing...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...double meaning or ambiguity in a word, often employed in a witty way. Puns are often associated with wordplay. * Quatrain group of four lines of poetry, usually rhymed. * Refrain a line or phrase repeated throughout a poem, sometimes with variations, often at the end of each stanza. * Rhyme echo of a similar sound, usually at the end of a line of poetry. Occasionally,...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...doubled between 1995 and 2000 and there was a fall in river length of good quality. In Scotland biological quality is generally high, but changes in monitoring and network definitions mean it is difficult to draw conclusions about trends. Table 3 Biological quality of river water in the UK, 2002. % of classified river length Total river lengths classified/km Good Fair...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...et al., 2020), the languages spoken by the largest number of people in the world are (in alphabetical order) English, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. The actual number of speakers of each language depends on who you count. Box 1 Before taking a closer look at how many people speak these major languages, it is important to understand some of the terminology used to...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain

...et al. (2022), bydd diwylliant hybrid yn gweithio dim ond os ydych chi’n trin pawb fel eu bod yn gweithio o bell. Mae hyn yn sicrhau bod pawb yn cael yr un wybodaeth, adnoddau a chyfleoedd i lwyddo, ac nid yw’n wahanol yn ôl lle maent yn eistedd a pha un ai a ydynt yn gweithio wrth ddesg yn y swyddfa, yn gweithio wrth sawl gweithfan mewn ardal gydweithio, neu...
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...et opinions de Jules Ferry. Discours sur la politique extériure et coloniale, (1893–1898), p. 210–12 ‘[T]he superior races have a right vis-à-vis the inferior races [...] I repeat that the superior races have a right, because they have a duty towards them. They have the duty to civilise the inferior races [...] Can you deny, can anyone deny, that there is more...
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...Absolutely. Martin Hope to meet up with you sometime soon. Thanks guys. Read McAuley et al. (2010), The MOOC Model for Digital Practice. This is a lengthy report so if you do not have time to read it all focus on the Executive Summary and the section entitled ‘Gaps in knowledge about MOOCs’. Read Weller (2012b), MOOCs Inc. Before we examine MOOCs in more detail, briefly consider if the MOOC approach could be adopted in ......
Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs