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Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...account of new ones. Session 3 Rule 7: reduce your list The first two sessions were concerned with expansion, this one concentrates on contraction. The aim is to carry forward two or three ideas that are worth further detailed work and consideration...Introducing research in law and beyond: 2.3 Scan - Scanning material such as journals, organisation documents and web...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...account of individual needs. It supports student teachers to be co-creators of their own knowledge, finding solutions that work for them and developing the skills to be flexible and adaptable to different contexts and approaches. Reflection point Think about situations in which you have experienced a transition mode of teaching and a more learner centred approach. What...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...account form, fit and function, including aesthetics and ergonomics. Other contributing factors to be considered when designing are related to innovation, market forces and costings, to name but three. * Die: Another word for a mould or casting. Also used to describe the metal block used in ‘punch and die’ forming of sheet metal. * Drawn: A description of something...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...account) As it happens, δένδρον is used as a stand-alone word in English, although characteristically it is used in a technical sense: a dendron, or dendrite, is a ‘short, branched, thread-like extension of a nerve-cell’. Let us begin with some words that have been incorporated into English almost to the letter. Activity 1 English derivations from Greek (1)...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...account for the relationship between these two features where they cross, and deduce which of these two features is the younger. Answer Feature A cuts across feature B, and so feature A must be the younger of the two. Moreover, the parts of feature B on either side of feature A are no longer aligned. They have been displaced to the right by nearly 1 km. The simplest...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...account of the implications (Guston, 2014). The application of new knowledge has the potential to change our lives for the better or for worse. We all have just as much of a stake as scientists in determining the ways that science can and should influence our lives. Therefore, we need skills and competencies to assess science and its implications (Holliman, 2008). This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...account, such as evidence from the sediment enclosing the fossil, and so on. The result is always an interpretation that reflects the balance of probabilities from the available information, rather than the certain truth. [Figure 5] Figure 5 A specimen of Calymene blumenbachi from the Wenlock Limestone that rolled itself up into a ball (2.5 cm)...Life in the Palaeozoic:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...accounts of participation. Some participation involves deliberate decisions to act together with others, such as when people march in a demonstration, vote in an election or join a group formed to pursue a shared purpose, such as protecting the environment. Other activities, such as using public transport or visiting a museum, might at first seem less obviously social but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs