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Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...Physics, but as a Jew he was unable to obtain work; he lived with his parents on their savings. Although born in Berlin, his father came from Romania and his mother from Poland. He grew up with Romanian citizenship, was naturalized as a German citizen in 1932, but lost this citizenship again in 1935, under new laws designed to preserve the ‘purity’ of the German...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...physically or mentally unable to work – how do you take account of such eventualities as a freelance? (Samuelsson-Brown, 2010, pp. 3–4)...Translation as a career: Vicky Sharvill - [Described image] Figure 3 Vicky Sharvill As a project manager for a language service provider that specialises in medical, pharmaceutical and patents translation, Vicky talks about her work...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...physical properties of light, other than each band of wavelengths produces light of a particular colour (see Figure 1). [Figure 1] Figure 1 The visible spectrum, showing how the colour and properties of light relate to wavelength. Note that ultraviolet and infrared light cannot be seen by the human eye You may be familiar with the terms used to describe the shortest and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...physical or mental health issues that are affecting their performance? If the Practice Supervisor has spoken to the student and a problem is still apparent the Practice Assessor can arrange a tripartite meeting to explore the reasons for the student’s behaviour. The Practice Assessor should communicate with the practice education team within the student’s organisation...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...physically in school or on a campus. This free course introduces the use of innovative methods for assessment within secondary, further and higher education. The course is highly practical in nature and guides educational and training professionals through the process of introducing flexible formative and summative assessments that can meet the needs of a standardised...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...physical and mental health in later life. Making the distinction can help if you need to make savings as you usually have more options to cut costs on non-essential spending. Your spending pattern will change in retirement Some spending items are likely to change in retirement – perhaps your mortgage will be paid off by the time you retire? Some travel costs may go down...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. (Dickinson, 2002, p. 2) … emotion recollected in tranquillity. (Wordsworth, 1974, p. 85) The blood jet is poetry. There is no stopping it. (Plath, 1968, p. 83) … that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. (Coleridge, 1983, p. 6) No surprise for the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...physical things and are held in order to produce a flow of income and/or a monetary gain. Examples are money held in a savings account (which pays interest) or share holdings (which usually pay dividends). By contrast, non-financial assets are those assets – usually tangible, physical items – that do not normally provide a flow of income, such as property, jewellery...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs