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Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...styling, whereas there may also be real differences in function or quality, which you may see reflected in the price. Different design concepts lead to competing products with particular sets of advantages and disadvantages. Before a company launches a new product they need to be sure that the product will appeal to customers and can be produced at the right cost. In this...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...style - If, as I have been suggesting, the opening chapter of Great Expectations demonstrates a novel that employs melodramatic and Gothic techniques while maintaining its actuality as a first person narrative, how does this relate to our expectations as modern readers of Dickens? The trouble is, Dickens is too familiar. Most readers will have heard of the author, if not...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Learning how to learn
Education & Development

Learning how to learn

...styles and strategies. The aim is to help you begin to understand what approach to learning really works best for you, in the context of the course you are currently studying and your personal circumstances. An action plan can be just a list of things to do, a chart giving deadlines, a diagram showing how the various parts of your plan interact, or a set of post-its on a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...et al., 1982). Therefore, through your observations at your chosen organisational context, initial information screening, and general theory and literature search, you should be able to identify something that is currently poorly understood in your management practice. This gap could be of some value to your chosen organisation and could be converted into a defined...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An introduction to death, dying and grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to death, dying and grief

...et al., 2006; Lawton, 2000; Seale and Addington-Hall, 1995). A number of reasons for this have been suggested, including the greater openness of expression encouraged in hospices, the distress of witnessing other people’s deaths and wanting to avoid a similar experience, and the wish to remain physically independent and ‘in control’ (Chapple et al., 2006). In...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...et al., 2013). a.Copy and paste below, three sentences or parts of sentences from the article that do seem to fit well with Laslett’s version of the Fourth Age. Comment There are several sentences you could have chosen including: ‘Most participants emphasized that they were simply living day to day, and hoping that no further deterioration in their physical or mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...style. Throughout the course, you will be invited to reflect on your learning in the consolidation activities at the end of each week. There is also a weekly quiz for you to practise what you’ve been learning. You’ll start by learning some vocabulary and expressions related to food and drink, but first of all, take some time to decide how you’ll allocate your time...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Defnyddio gwaith gwirfoddol i gamu ymlaen yn y farchnad swyddi
Money & Business

Defnyddio gwaith gwirfoddol i gamu ymlaen yn y farchnad swyddi

...profile volunteering received during the 2012 London Olympic Games. Jennie Rayner, CSV Communications Officer, 2014 Mae gwirfoddoli yn amlwg yn faes pwysig, a gall gyfrannu at feithrin sgiliau er mwyn gwella cyflogadwyedd. Gall y cyfleoedd ar gyfer gwirfoddoli amrywio'n fawr. Roedd Gemau Olympaidd 2012 yn dibynnu ar 70,000 o wirfoddolwyr, a gall gwirfoddoli hefyd olygu,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs