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Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...working on at that particular point in time. I would also say that effective note taking helps to avoid the problems of plagiarism where you simply reproduce what others have written down in a way that is not reflective or doesn’t involve much thinking. John So plagiarism is one of the key failings in writing essays and assignments and that part of what note taking can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...work towards writing your own object life cycle. You will also work with, and understand artefact databases...This free course, Looking at, describing and identifying objects, will enable you to practise and develop your skills of observation and description of objects. It will also enable you to interpret objects and work towards writing your own object life cycle. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...work of a variety of different authors is invaluable for expanding your awareness of what a text can be and do. Reading provides not only inspiration and useful exemplars – of methods, subjects and styles – but also a context within which to develop your own voice and individuality as a writer. This kind of critical reading and thinking will enhance your practice of...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...work for the Education Authority for Northern Ireland. I'm an assistant director within the Children and Young People's Services Directorate, and I have specific responsibility for the management of youth services in Northern Ireland. And I work with my colleagues in particular to support vulnerable children and young people. Just last year, Northern Ireland published its...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What is COVID-19?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is COVID-19?

...working hypothesis is that this virus has made the leap from bats to humans, possibly via an intermediary species. Really, we need to know whether there is an existing reservoir of infection in the animal kingdom, which could serve as a source of future outbreaks, as is the case with Ebola, or whether the mutation arose and died out in animals, but not before being...
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Article 10 mins
Who will lead Britain out of the European Union
Society, Politics & Law

Who will lead Britain out of the European Union

...work together. Simon Usherwood explores the sides battling to lead...The rules are clear. Only one group can lead the official campaign on either side of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. And while that isn’t proving a problem for the side that wants to stay in, the process of picking a leader for the exit camp is proving deeply political and highly...
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Article 5 mins
Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...work with people over a short or long term to help them bring about effective change or enhance their wellbeing.’ So a therapeutic relationship is concerned with working towards change and dealing with problems, but what about friendships? Sociologist Graham Allen (2008) has studied the nature of friendship and suggests that there are at least three key features in...
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Article 10 mins
What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
Science, Maths & Technology

What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?

...working at the LIGO experiment in the US have for the first time detected elusive ripples in the fabric of space and time known as gravitational waves. There is no doubt that the finding is one of the most groundbreaking physics discoveries of the past 100 years. But what are they? [Computer simulation of two merging black holes producing gravitational waves] Computer...
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Article 5 mins