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Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper
Society, Politics & Law

Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper

...education or training. Additionally, considering the situation for spouses (some who may be non-EU nationals) and children, the amount of applications could quickly pile up. All family members will have to fill in a separate form for residency paperwork, although they can put in their applications as a family group. The clout of these bits of paper will depend on the...
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What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?
Money & Business

What is leading to a decline in trust in charities?

...education or social welfare, can also be difficult to evaluate meaningfully on anything other than a long-term basis, regardless of whether they are funded by donations or by charging fees. This is why the law subjects charity trustees to a range of duties designed to prevent abuses of power, such as the duty to account for the stewardship of the charity’s assets, the...
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Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?

...education and skills and governance. Personal wellbeing is a particularly important dimension which we define as how satisfied we are with our lives, our sense that what we do in life is worthwhile, our day-to-day emotional experiences (happiness and anxiety) and our wider mental wellbeing. More broadly, as researched by the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, wellbeing is...
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Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...educator talking about visualisation and find out how personal views compare with those of some other secondary-school mathematics teachers identify some ways that visualising could be incorporated into a classroom and consider a number of resources that might be useful...Using visualisation in maths teaching: 1. A powerful force for perception and understanding -...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...education, healthcare, social work or youth work settings. However, you will also find it of value if you are planning to work in one of these fields, or if you simply wish to improve your understanding of services for children and young people. The course is structured around a series of activities which invite you to read an academic text, watch videos of a practice...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...education, government and science. What are the four main processes of standardisation? Make some notes about each process. Discussion You may have made fuller notes than these but the following is a selection of significant points. The four main processes of standardisation are: Selection: of an existing variety, usually that of the most powerful group in society. Key to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...technology and the arts in the Western world is that something is creative if it is novel, of high quality and appropriate to the task at hand (Kaufman and Sternberg, 2010). In linguistic terms this could be a neologism or an uncommon metaphor used successfully to communicate a complex concept or idea – such as ‘lazy creature’ to talk about a migraine in example 1...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...educational institutions, book publishers and reports such as this one from the World Health Organization. On top of this, systems thinking is used in UK policy making at both local and national government, has influenced the work of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on the Circular Economy and is thought to be an important facet of the Sustainable Development Goal 17 that...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs