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An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...simple format so it is easy to read and relevant parties, including senior leadership and school managers, can be made aware of the strategic direction of your library. It is important not to be too ambitious when creating your development plan. You should set targets that are realistic and which provide motivation to staff. You may also wish to limit yourself to no more...
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...simple things such as listening to French music, watching French films. It could be YouTube videos that are in French, listening to French podcasts, reading children’s books even, things like that, just to get a sense of what the culture and language are all about. You don’t have to necessarily understand it – as long as you’re immersed and exposed to the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...codes for (that is, carries the instructions for cells to build) the dopamine transporter channel. This gene is known as SLC6A3 and it can exist in several forms which differ according to the number of times a specific part of the genetic sequence within the gene is repeated (these are known as ‘repeats’). Two specific forms of this gene have been associated with ADHD...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...simple, repetitive jobs to highly skilled tasks requiring decision making. In other words, formal voluntary work is very similar to paid work, with the same variety of jobs and subject to the same ‘hierarchies’ between skilled and unskilled workers (Musick and Wilson, 2008). In England, the top activities are: fundraising handling money organising or helping at events...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...simple enough, but it is a word bedevilled by controversy and interpretation. Sustainable is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘capable of being maintained or continued at a certain rate or level’. But sustainability first entered everyday speech as recently as 1965 just at the point when it was becoming apparent that modern life was unsustainable....
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...simple explanation. [A photograph of Alex Scott and Kelly Smith with Pedro Martinez Losa.] Figure 9 Arsenal players Alex Scott and Kelly Smith with manager Pedro Martinez Losa after winning the FA Cup in 2016...Week 2: The secrets of motivation and teams: 6 What factors work in your environment? - You’ll now move from football teams to look at what works in your own...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...simple rule, evolved long before the emergence of human language. Although these two factors (food availability and the avoidance of predators) influence the upper limit on group size in a particular environment, it is the rich diversity of internal relationships within anthropoid groups that is fascinating and has led to many studies of primates...Studying mammals: The...
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...simple. If you have no recent experience of reading academic texts you need to re-learn your reading skills. Reading magazines, newspapers or fiction is a useful basis, but entails very different skills from academic reading. The same goes for taking notes. Scribbling down the important bits of a recipe from a television cook or underlining some interesting advice from a...