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‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...Community Data Center http://www.gnocdc.org © Copyright © Greater New Orleans Community Data Center http://www.gnocdc.org Figure 2 Map showing extent of flooding in New Orleans, 11 September 2005 Katrina's impact on New Orleans was one of the most televised disasters in recent history, generating twenty-four-hour news coverage around the world and considerable political...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...community. You might have wanted to work against a simplistic notion that one group of people has something to learn and another group of people has something to teach. You may feel that everyone has the ability to learn and everyone has the ability to assist others to learn, or that teaching and learning is not neatly assessable; maybe you want us to see them as...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...community was very responsible in dealing with that, they struggled for many, many years how to communicate a risk that is not negligible, but that is low. They were tempted to overhype it because they could get funding and they were campaigning for telescopes and so on, but they were very responsible in realising that they couldn’t really get away with it by overhyping...
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Audio 5 mins
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...communicate in Mandarin Chinese. Starting with simple greetings and saying your name, you will progress towards understanding more complex language in a variety of different scenarios. The course includes interactive activities, explanations, exercises and tips about language learning. It is a good idea to keep notes either on paper or electronically so that you can keep...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...communicate with one another, influence one another, react to one another; sustainability: the team members periodically review the team's effectiveness; an ability to act together, as one. Usually, the tasks and goals set by teams cannot be achieved by individuals working alone because of constraints on time and resources, and because few individuals possess all the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...communicate with other people. Birthday cards, Post-it notes and text messages are all ways to send other people messages containing information. Even a personal diary and a to-do list may be read initially only by the writer, but may be shared or read in the future by other people. Communication is therefore the main reason why people write. The particular purpose of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...community and use their life experience to help them make decisions. [Described image] Figure 5 A jury...Truth, myth or mixture?: 1.2 Myth? - Most criminal cases are not tried by jury. This is because most are dealt with entirely by a magistrates’ court, or because the defendant pleads guilty. There are two types of criminal courts which try and sentence defendants: the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...communicate. The song of a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) consists of waves of many different frequencies – if you listen carefully to Audio 1.1 (Humpback Whales Songs Sounds Vocalizations, 2008) you may be able to hear the lowest frequency, which will travel the furthest underwater. Audio 1 The song of a humpback whale. (1:09 min) Marine mammals such as the...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs