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Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...think that these plans can't be reflected and improved upon. It might not be your first time considering and planning your career as an engineer, but it might be the first time you can do it without your boss or line manager peering over your shoulder. [A cartoon image of a man completing a plan at his desk while being observed by his boss] Figure 1 Quality reflection In...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...think what…..Burleigh ….because I was doing, I wanted to do Chemistry, they offered while I was doing my A levels they offered us a position just to go to a uni, they call it taster course, taster course, just to erm follow people around who are actually doing the course…You get actually to sit in their lectures. It’s for a whole day and you get to see a taste of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...think about the benefits – as well as the potential challenges and dilemmas – that working in partnership can bring. You will be building on your previous learning about the nature of leadership and of organisations as you explore the issues that arise when people from different organisations – with their different structures and cultures – try to work together....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Assessment in secondary geography
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary geography

...Thinking about your own geographical learning and that of students, how would you define progress? Can you identify and explain any difficulties in ‘pinning down’ exactly what progression means? Are you aware of other educational stakeholders who would define progress in different ways? If so: Who are they? What are their criteria? Why do they differ? Jot down your...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Simple Coding - Summary
Digital & Computing

Simple Coding - Summary

...think clearly and rigorously when solving a problem, because the solution has to be described in very small and precise steps that even a machine can understand. Python makes it easy to write the code once we come up with a sufficiently detailed algorithm, but the thinking (still) has to be done by us. Like learning any other skill, only practice makes perfect. We hope...
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Activity 5 mins
Finding a mentor
Money & Business

Finding a mentor

...think about problems you may be facing, and new ideas or ways of working you want to try out. They will usually help by listening to your thoughts and ideas and asking questions to help you think more clearly about them. A mentor can be someone you work with who has experience relevant to your line of work. This is usually not your line manager, unless your employer...
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Article 5 mins
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...think both about the fact that environmental change always touches down in particular places and at particular moments, and the fact that to understand the full impact of these changes we often need to look further afield. Geographers and Environmental Studies researchers use the concepts of risk and uncertainty to draw attention to the fact that decisions about...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...think more deeply about the books they've read. This free course, Encouraging book talk in the school library, offers ideas and activities to engage pupils in discussing books. It is aimed at librarians, teaching assistants and other adults working with pupils in school libraries...As adults we sometimes struggle to justify our feelings about particular books, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs