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Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...Everyday organisational life should be creative and innovative: To support this, Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg (2013) emphasise three key ideas which anyone seeking to lead innovation should bear in mind: being a leader of innovation is different to being an innovator innovation should be ongoing within the organisation’s daily work, rather than just at special times of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...everyday activities and habits. ‘Digital technologies’ refers to electronic tools that store, generate or process information. Examples of digital technologies are tablets, computers, multimedia and mobile phones. Digital technologies allow people to access or manage resources such as social media platforms, online television or radio, online games, and virtual...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) The Oxford English Dictionary defines citizen science as the ‘collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists’, although there are other perspectives. In practice, citizen science has emerged under a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...English Primary school. They are being interviewed by their teacher who they know well from their current Year 1 class. Read both the interviews and for each one make notes about the things that Tanya and Rory say about their experience in both Reception and Year 1. What do they value most in each? Are there any differences? Use the space provided below: Tanya’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...English played backwards are no less disruptive than other irrelevant speech items (Jones et al., 1990). On the other hand, simple white noise (a constant hissing like a mis-tuned radio) is almost as benign as silence. Interference presumably results from speech because, unlike white noise, it is not constant: it is broken into different sounds. The importance of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...everyday activities. [This is a photograph of a child chasing a bubble.] Figure 9 Children’s wellbeing is to do with the quality of their lives Diagnosis: The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. Medical doctors are the professionals that usually diagnose mental health conditions, including among children. A...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...English expression of ‘tracking winds’, became associated with this commercial context. These and other steady winds arise because of the uneven but regular heating of the Earth. Near the equator where the Sun’s radiant heat is most powerful, the air is heated, expands, reduces in density and rises. In rising, especially over the ocean, it cools, and water vapour...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...English song – a composition that helps us to understand rhythmic notation from this time. DAVID ROWLAND What are the limitations of that notation? SUSAN RANKIN Well quite simply, if you don't know how to read it before you start, you can't read it. You've got to actually know what the melody is. It's a notation which belongs within a musical culture which is mainly...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs