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Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...everyday world, bringing them together in his demanding all-night performances. (Sutton, 1984, p. 127) The event, then, has significance on a number of levels from simple entertainment to esoteric ritual – it is received on a number of levels and that reception depends to a great extent on aesthetic values specific to this particular culture. This is aptly summarised by...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...everyday lessons so that you are aware of what the students have learned during a lesson, after a lesson, after a sequence of lessons and at the end of a course or academic year. Formative assessment can be carried out by the teacher or by the pupils themselves through self- or peer assessment. The purpose of assessment of learning (AoL) is to find out what pupils know,...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...everyday. LARRY VINER What we're talking about are people that are sent to prison for whom we would like to have an alternative. We do have alternatives. We have community sentences. We have the facilities to treat alcoholics, drug addicts, schizophrenics, all of whom find themselves in prison. What we don't have is the will on the part of either the Home Secretary, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...everyday measurements metric units have been adopted: petrol in litres and sugar in kilogram bags. However, this is, generally, not the case in science. In 1960 an international conference formally approved a standard set of scientific units, thus replacing at a stroke the many different systems of measurement that had been used up until then by scientists of different...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...everyday life, including; the ability to learn, to feel, express and manage a range of positive and negative emotions, the ability to form and maintain good relationships with others and to manage change and uncertainty (Mental Health Foundation, 2020). In the opening audio you heard a parent describe some of the difficulties that her child experienced leading up to a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...English town of Watford during the last general election in May, 2005. As the election in Watford is very close, the battle is attracting national interest. So the main candidates come together for a significant and very public part of the campaign, a live national TV debate. MAN: This is Claire Ward. CLAIRE WARD: Hi. NARRATOR: Claire Ward, who has been the member of...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...English (UK) one, you may have noticed the different date format and decimal point. In addition, one of the Excel’s habits of automatically adjusting the format of cell contents can sometimes produce unwanted or incorrect results. Therefore, it is useful to learn how things can be corrected and adjusted in Excel. In Excel spreadsheet, click on File, select Options and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...English Dictionary (2021) as ‘the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy’. Mguni et al. (2012, p. 3) accept that wellbeing and resilience are linked, but they also ask whether wellbeing and resilience are ‘two sides of the same coin or is it possible to be resilient but have low levels of wellbeing?’ They go on to explain the difference between the two...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs