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Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...C. (2011) ‘Introduction: today’s debate and the experience of the past’ in Rochester, C., Campbell Gosling, G., Penn, A. and Zimmeck, M. (eds) The Roots of Voluntary Action: Historical Perspectives on Current Social Policy, Brighton, Sussex Academic Press. Thane, P. (2011) ‘There has always been a “big society”’, History Workshop Online, 30 April [Online]....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...C. and Picton, I. (2020) Children and young people’s reading in 2020 before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. National Literacy Trust. Available at: https://cdn.literacytrust.org.uk/ media/ documents/ National_Literacy_Trust_-_Reading_practices_under_lockdown_report_-_FINAL.pdf (Accessed: 31 August 2022). Clark, C. and Picton, I. (2021) Children and young people’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...c. Higher Education Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is embedded in the culture of many higher education institutes. For example, at The Open University, each faculty has a dedicated scholarship centre, and staff apply for funding on a bi-annual basis to conduct scholarship activities, often focusing on pressing...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Advanced German: Fragen der Identität
Languages

Advanced German: Fragen der Identität

...c, 5 = i, 6 = f, 7 = a, 8 = b, 9 = g Answer NEUN ASPEKTE DER IDENTITÄT KONKRETE BEISPIELE Äußere Daten Geburtsdatum Konstante äußere Merkmale Augenfarbe Äußere Merkmale, die wir selbst beeinflussen können Kleidung Persönlichkeitsmerkmale und Charaktereigenschaften Schüchternheit Interessen und Neigungen Liebe zur Musik Lebensentwürfe und Zukunftsvorstellungen...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...c.1638, oil on canvas, 199 x 381 cm. Prado Museum, Madrid. Hermes holds up the golden apple, while Paris surveys the beauty of the three goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. The catalyst for the Trojan War occurred when, at the wedding of the hero Peleus and the immortal nymph Thetis, Eris, the goddess of strife, rolled an apple marked ‘for the fairest’ down the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...C. (2006) ‘The Parents’ Optimum Zone: measuring and optimising parental engagement in youth sport’, Commonwealth Games International Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 10–13 March 2006. Available from http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/ bitstream/ 2438/ 623/ 3/ Parents%2Bpaper%2BCISC%2B6%2B2%2B06.pdf (Accessed 11 May 2012). Brustad, R.J. (1993) ‘Who will go out and play?...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...C. (2014) ‘A Balancing Act: Emotional Challenges in the HR Role’, Journal of Management Studies, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 1257–85. Rabe, M. (2003) ‘Revisiting ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ as social researchers. A research note’, African Sociological Review, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 149–61. Verma, G.K. and Beard, R.M. (1981) What is Educational Research? Perspectives...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...C. and Sunderland, G. (2000) Child Development: An illustrated guide, London: Heinemann Child Care, pp. 7, 10, 11 Oates, J. (ed.) (1994) The Foundations of Child Development, Oxford: Blackwell in association with The Open University...Understanding children: Babies being heard: Acknowledgements - Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs