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Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...communicating in their native tongue. Even if you think ‘the whole world is learning English’, most would prefer to do business in their first language. If you speak the same language, you have a connection on which to base your professional relationship. You are more likely to understand your customers if you can communicate in both languages...Why study languages?:...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...communities. Uranium mining, essential for gathering the raw materials required to produce some types of nuclear weapons, exposes miners to exceptionally high levels of radiation, which has resulted in untold numbers of illness and deaths. The uranium used in the bomb dropped on Hiroshima came from mines as far afield as Congo and Canada, with the mining carried out by...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...communities. Basic education covers the primary age phase but can apply to learners of any age and aims to provide literacy and numeracy skills for life and work. Early childhood refers to a distinct phase of development, from birth to age 8, encompassing nutrition and physical and emotional well-being as well as cognitive growth. This phase overlaps with primary...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...communities themselves; it can’t be done by imposing it from outside. And I think it would be wrong to think that people inside the natural history filming world can somehow make all that happen. People will do it themselves and they’ll do it in great ways. What roles can religion play in saving the environment? The awareness of the world’s religions about the...
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Video 20 mins
Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...community There a seven local support groups in Wales. Head to: www.sands.org.uk/support-you/how-we-offer-support/sands-groups and search ‘Wales’ or your postcode under the locations map. UK wide Cruse Bereavement Care Cruse Bereavement Care’s Freephone National Helpline provides service UK wide if you are outside of Wales: England and Northern Ireland: 0808 808...
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Article 10 mins
Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...community...Marsha P. Johnson24 August 1945 – 6 July 1992 No pride for some of us without liberation for ALL of us. [A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson] Marsha P. Johnson was a black trans woman, LGBTQ+ activist and is reported to be one of the central figures (alongside Sylvia Rivera) of the historical Stonewall uprising in 1969. She also advocated for homeless LGBTQ+...
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Article 20 mins
Stakeholders in marketing and finance
Money & Business

Stakeholders in marketing and finance

...communities Future job prospects Repayments and interest on loans or investment* Source of local employment, or of local pollution or congestion Comparison with conditions in other organizations Management board/governors Suppliers The general public Responsibility and accountability to stakeholders for financial performance Likelihood of being paid Context of employment...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...Community Care. 2. Your personal life: If you want to look at how a decline in mental capacity might affect you, type ‘mental capacity and how it affects me’ into a search engine. Comment This time your search will have returned links to agencies that provide advice and support, and links to bodies that regulate social care services such as the Care Quality...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs