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An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...Write up to five words or phrases, or draw images that come to mind when you hear the term ‘social worker’. Try to put down words or phrases that you associate with social workers; or you could ask a friend or family member for their response. A social worker ... Now separate your responses into positive and negative attributes. Ask yourself what may have influenced...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...writing that book. And much later the actual mechanics of energy policy became obviously the thing that people interested in climate change had to do, and that, I suppose, mainly occurred for me in the early 2000s, particularly when I began to be interested in what the British Government was doing, and eventually when I became an advisor to the British Government. Climate...
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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...write sooner to tell you, but father has gone. He was living with Brigitte – she says he was cheerful And healthy right down to the end. You should have seen him playing with the grandchildren of Pat McNamarra your friend. And we buried him alongside of mother, down at the Kilkelly church yard. He was a strong and a feisty old man – considering his life was so hard....
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...writes about the effects that this collapse had on local authorities in the UK, while Branigan (2009) presents a more general overview of the effects of global economic changes on recycling. Activity 7 Think about the following issues: 1 The links between local environmental projects like GREAN (Golspie Recycling and Environmental Action Network, or any projects you are...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...write it more fully as '1 × 10-15', but the '1 ×' is redundant). In this case the power of ten is preceded by a minus sign, and it means that the number is 1 divided by 1 followed by 15 zeros (i.e. 1 divided by 1015, or 1/(1015), which is 0.000 000 000 000 001). That makes a very small number indeed. We can describe Mercury's atmospheric pressure as being 15 orders of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Ratio, proportion and percentages
Science, Maths & Technology

Ratio, proportion and percentages

...writing the ratio of prices in pounds sterling to prices in euros is two to three (2 : 3). What is the equivalent price in pounds for a coat costing 150 euros? Answer 3 euros are equivalent to 2 pounds. This means that So price in pounds = 2/3 × price in euros = 2/3 × 150 = 100 The equivalent price of the coat is £100...Ratio, proportion and percentages: 1.2.1 Try some...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The database development life cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

The database development life cycle

...write the appropriate SQL DDL statements into a file that can be executed by a DBMS so that there is an independent record, a text file, of the SQL statements defining the database. Another method is to work interactively using a database tool like Sybase Central (or Microsoft Access), where the forms provided for defining tables help avoid the need to remember the...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces 1955–1982, London, Faber. Melville, A.D. (trans.) (1986) Ovid: Metamorphoses, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Riffaterre, M. (1986) ‘Textuality: W.H. Auden’s ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’’ in Caws, M.A. (ed.) Textual Analysis: Some Readers Reading, New York, MLA. Spender, S. (1951) World within World, London, Hamish Hamilton....
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs