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Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...communities and in business circles. If you want to be more specific and say ‘Happy Year of the Rabbit’, you need to say: 兔年快乐！tù nián kuài lè! Here is how the character for ‘Rabbit; (兔) is written (a total of 8 strokes and notice the direction in which each stroke is made). Clever pun and some common proverbs that contain 兔 tù: (rabbit) To welcome...
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Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...community groups across the UK to offer a room or home rent free in return for a compensation payment of £350. Also, whilst preparing this course, the Nationality and Borders Act (2022) was introduced, which brings changes to support provided to asylum seekers and also puts into statute the ability to remove people to a ‘safe third country’. Rwanda has entered into...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...communication. This is the seventh course in the Studying mammals series.NOTE: The Studying mammals series is gradually being updated and replaced. You can study an improved freestanding version of this course, titled Aquatic mammals, here:https://www.open.edu/openlearn/nature-environment/aquatic-mammals/content-section-0...Some of the most unusual and versatile of all...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
A freelance career in the creative arts Badge icon
History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...communication, manual dexterity, attention to detail or creativity. Broader talents could include singing, painting or writing. If you would find it useful to have a list of skills to prompt you, Clear Mind has a table of transferable skills (open in a new tab or window by holding down Ctrl (or Cmd on a Mac) when you click on the link). Table 1 Skills/talents that I enjoy...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...communication skills – in other words, how well people manage their lives...Session 1: What is a learning disability?: 2.1 Learning disability categories - The population of people with learning disabilities is sub-divided according to how severe their learning disability is. There are four categories: Profound – people whose IQ is estimated to be below 20, who often...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...communication systems allow the flow of information likely to relate to incidents. Activity 7 Notice that we have used the word ‘incidents’ rather than ‘accidents’ in the preceding text and activities. Consider why we have done so. At the contact stage the incident occurs that may or may not result in loss. This will depend on the level of energy transfer...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Do sperm whales speak with local accents?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do sperm whales speak with local accents?

...Communications, the whales aren’t born with different vocal chords or a bit of the sea particularly suited to a certain kind of click. They simply acquire their dialects from one another in the same way you or I might have taken on our parents' accent – by copying what they hear. Sperm whales aren’t the only animals who learn like this. I have spent time with...
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A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...communicate with each other, across different schools, using a dedicated forum to discuss and exchange their ideas around a series of online activities. ‘A future for languages in schools?’ The Colloquium in July 2015, entitled “A Future for Languages in Schools?” was hosted by LCLC to address the future of modern foreign language learning and teaching. Various...
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