1,704 search results
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...2. Some additional hints are: Hold the hand lens 2–3 cm from your eye and bring the object up towards the lens until it is in focus. Make sure the surface of the object is well lit from the side. Keep the hand lens and the object parallel to each other and hold both steady. With rough surfaces you have to move the object back and forth to bring different parts into...
View course Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...2 Theory and practice Timing: Allow approximately 20 minutes Think about the work that you do every day, whether it’s in education or with children or young people in some other context. Now think about some of the ways in which you are aware that practice has changed in that context over (say) the past 20 years or so. What are some of the things that a practitioner...
View course Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...2 attempts to define ‘region’ and ‘regionalism’ in the face of their extreme cultural, economic and political diversity. Regions come in all shapes and sizes, some clearly demarcated by a long history, others little more than figments of a central bureaucrat's imagination. Regionalisms likewise range from an almost non-existent sense of regional identity to...
View course A Europe of the Regions?
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...2 Making sense of pictures - [Described image] Figure 1 Small child ‘reading’ a picturebook independently ‘A picture tells a thousand words’, or so the saying goes. But how does this happen? Perhaps to an even greater degree than we do with words, we make sense of images by drawing on existing knowledge and experience. As discussed in the introductory video,...
View course Exploring books for children: words and pictures
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...2 Cost changes Answer the question 5 minutes [Calculator] Activity 3 Calculation of the unit cost Calculate unit cost 15 minutes [Quiz] Activity 4 Direct or indirect costs Answer the questions 5 minutes [Quiz] Activity 5 Direct or indirect costs – Nancy’s jewellery Answer the questions 5 minutes [Reflection] Activity 6 Decision-making information Answer the questions...
View course Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Have we got Wonga wrong? A defence of payday loans
Money & Business

Have we got Wonga wrong? A defence of payday loans

...2% market share behind behemoths such as Wonga and QuickQuid, and followed the daily activities of its customer service and collections operation. [A 2014 protest against Wonga's business practices] A 2014 protest against Wonga: But have changes in the last year improved the sector? The payday lending market has changed significantly since regulation was announced last...
View article Have we got Wonga wrong? A defence of payday loans
Article 5 mins
The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?

...2. And that their chance of successfully saving penalty kicks from them was lower than those wearing white. While research in sport has predominantly focused on the colour red, some earlier research by Frank and Gilovich (1988) examined black uniforms and links to aggression. Black is a colour frequently associated with death in many cultures, and can psychologically be...
View article The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?
Article 10 mins
Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...of recovery as lived in everyday experience.’ Journal of Mental Health 17, 2, 129-140. BACP https://www.bacp.co.uk/crs/Training/whatiscounselling.php Collins Dictionary http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/therapy Leach, J. (2015) Improving Mental Health through Social Support: Building Positive and Empowering Relationships. London: Jessica Kingsley....
View article Can your friend be your therapist?
Article 10 mins