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Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...care not to get too absorbed in the fine details but to ensure that you take away the important overall messages. Those are, of course, listed as the learning outcomes at the beginning of the course. Look now at the first one of those and bear it in mind while you are reading Section 2. You might find it useful to highlight or to make a list of the 'common features' as...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...adults that all they have to do is repeat that which they were not able to learn.’ (Loris Malaguzzi) Despite a vast literature on the topic of creativity in educational settings, most research indicates that educational institutions rarely promote the creative process. Many schools tend to focus on enculturating students into existing school knowledge, driven by a...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...care about the outcome to consumers and investors, then you will never get that profit. Because really, the value is in driving the loyalty and the repeat customers and that repeat business, which will then automatically drive profitability. So it's a real shift change in the way that, especially the financial services sector is looking at value, even if you take the...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...careful search. 'Systematic’ and ‘careful’ suggest a thorough-going search of the material available to you, making sure that you don't leave anything important out. ‘Critical’ suggests something else: deciding what is relevant to the subject, whether something you have found out should be included or not. If you look again at Figure 1 you will see that there is...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...Adult Learning Wales, Coleg Gwent, the NPTC Group of Colleges and The Open University, and in collaboration with Joanne Davies, West Herts College, using materials belonging to the Open School Trust Ltd (trading as the National Extension College), and in partnership with the Bedford College Group and Middlesbrough College. [College logos]...Session 2: Units of measure:...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...careful about generalizing to all Bernie supporters based on a very small and unrepresentative sampling at a local fire department. But I have learned the hard way that what I read on my twitter feed, and hear on the cable shows, is not very likely to tell me much about how rank-and-file voters are thinking – something I discovered when I belatedly caught on to the...
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What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?

...care that much about Britain’s efforts. Second, if close relations are not an option then the UK government could limit relations with the USA in the military and intelligence communities. By doing so they would strike at the core of the relationship in ways we have never seen before. It would also deprive Britain of access to information and capabilities it and other...
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Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...care about structural poverty. Jewei Ci says that poverty has two obvious effects. First it affects the subsistence well-being of those denied biological needs for food, shelter etc. It is not the sign of a mature democracy to have citizens in such dire circumstances that they cannot take part in community life. But secondly, it also affects the psychological need for...
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