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Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...simple measure of their memory in this task. From this the researcher calculates the average score for each group and compares them. Statistical tests are used to evaluate the probability that any apparent difference between the groups has occurred by chance. A result that is highly unlikely to have occurred by chance is said to be statistically significant, enabling a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...simple – for example, choosing what to eat, which route to take to work, which products to buy in the shop – to complex decisions about changing jobs, moving house, choosing schools and participating as a member of a local community in planning decisions and improvements. What processes do we go through in making these decisions about different possible courses of...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...simple things to do disabled students are very present in the classroom and recreational areas. The school is definitely aspiring to ‘inclusion’ over ‘integration’. Eastlea School is a model of good practice and shows what can be achieved when the commitment to genuine inclusion is present. But delivering this level of inclusion can also come at a cost, as you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...simple ladder! In Figure 6, the ground state of energy is labelled E1. As you move up the energy levels, they bunch closer together. The electrons can transition, or move, between each energy level. Indeed, there are numerous permutations. [An image of the energy levels of a hydrogen atom.] Figure 6 Energy levels of a hydrogen atom. You can see that the energy units of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...simple. And so it can be summed up, I think, by the equation A plus B equals C. I’m A. You’re B. And C is the reason why you want to murder me. ANDREW MARR I am meeting crime writers to talk about pioneers like Agatha Christie, geniuses who figured out how to keep us compulsively turning the pages-- SPEAKER 2 She was almost like a sort of philosopher of the crime...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...simple question. For example, you may get married between the ages of 16 and 17 if you secure parental consent in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, otherwise you must be 18. In Scotland you can marry with or without parental consent from 16. In response to the question about the age a child can be left on their own, the law actually has nothing to say. However, parents...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
Languages

Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...simple : c’est un objet essentiel pour communiquer dans le monde d’aujourd’hui. Au contraire, le distributeur de café a sans doute été jugé le moins important : il est facile de se préparer un café instantané au bureau, il est meilleur et moins cher que celui du distributeur, et on n’a pas besoin de faire la queue dans les couloirs pour se le procurer....
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...simple to do (as long as the occupants don’t mind the disturbance to the interior of the house). Sheets of foam-backed plasterboard can be glued to the wall (Figure 13(a)), or alternatively insulated battens can be screwed to the wall with a layer of insulation between them and covered with a surface layer of plasterboard screwed to the battens (Figure 13(b))....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs