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Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...simple at this stage – I've included my own example as Figure 5. [Described image] Figure 5 Example SWOT analysis Activity 8 Aim of this activity: to conduct a personal SWOT analysis. Insert a blank grid into your learning log and complete your own SWOT analysis. Once you've used your analysis to identify what is feasible, you can start to prioritise and decide what you...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing Homer's Iliad
History & The Arts

Introducing Homer's Iliad

...simple truth is that we don’t know anything about Homer. The Iliad and Odyssey are oral poems that were composed in performance, meaning that they were crafted in the process of being sung, rather than being created in advance and recited or rehearsed as we might expect from a poetic recital. Because of this ‘composition in performance’ element, whoever the poet...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...simple rhythm instrument? This drum, a circle of wood and skin, that speaks to life, speaks of life to life. Here is my story. I hope it will inspire you. [NON-ENGLISH SINGING] Hi. [APPLAUSE] This song is called Gula Gula in English, ‘Hear the voices of the four mothers.’ It has been with me for decades now. It has become like a dear old friend. It has, together with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...simple and short. Occasionally you will be asked more unpredictable or ‘off the wall’ questions such as: What were you like as a child? If you were a biscuit what would you choose to be? If you could ban something, what would it be? Often the interviewer does not really want to know the answer. They simply want to see how you might deal with something unexpected. They...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...codes of conduct and particular guidelines. Becoming familiar with these is vital if you are to get the most out of being a member of any online group which uses an online learning forum. In addition, there are commonly held principles which are seen to constitute good online behaviour. These are collectively referred to as netiquette (net etiquette). Although the basic...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...simple styles allowed for the tremendous expansion of the ready-to-wear market across Europe. By the mid-1920s, Konfektion (ready-to-wear) had become an essential branch of the German economy, and by 1927 there were 800 firms located in Berlin alone employing more than one-third of the city’s workforce (Ganeva, 2008, p. 4). The industry increased the choice that was...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Getting started with French 2
Languages

Getting started with French 2

...simple closed question – one which will lead to the answer oui (‘yes’) or non (‘no’) – by using the basic sentence form but changing your intonation. Vous aimez le fromage. (Statement of fact; intonation goes down at end of sentence). Vous aimez le fromage ? (Question; intonation goes up at end of sentence). Such sentences have the same grammatical form as a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...simple or dogmatic conclusions’. The PUEC evaluation suggests that the group discussion process helps in developing relevant, transferable personal skills related to decision making, such as constructive discussion, negotiation and consensus building. Set against this, there are also some concerns that the game process itself is complex and that this might on occasion...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs