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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
Presenting information
Digital & Computing

Presenting information

...ADULTS, IN GREAT BRITAIN IN APRIL 2004, WHO HAD USED IT IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS PURPOSE OF ACCESS % Finding information about goods or services 78 Searching for information about travel and accommodation 68 Using email 85 Telephoning over the Internet / video conferencing 7 General browsing 65 Finding information relating to education 37 Buying or ordering tickets /...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 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
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...CARE RAGE FEAR PANIC/GRIEF (note that Panksepp originally labelled this ‘PANIC’, but his later work re-conceptualised it as ‘GRIEF’). According to Panksepp’s theory, SEEKING, PLAY, LUST and CARE are all ‘positive’ emotions, in that they are rewarding and motivate the animal to continue a behaviour or seek out a stimulus. RAGE, FEAR and PANIC/GRIEF, on the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 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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