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Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...creative arts and, for example, mapping the school territory to see where the bullying takes place, you know you can involve all parts of the curriculum in it and make things if you like more real for children, make what they have got to learn more real. Ann I think that this again goes to some of the heart of some of the debates around citizenship and childhood, because...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...creative criticism...People-centred designing: 9.1.1 Point of view - Decide first of all which user's point of view you are taking: consumer, operator, maintenance person, and so on. You may want to make several trips, from different user perspectives, or try special user perspectives, such as that of a disabled person. It is usually easiest to take a consumer's trip...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...creative-destructive’ tendencies of capitalism, although the extent to which the costs of the destructive aspect of this phenomenon are considered acceptable is a subject that divides opinion to this day. This free course, Technology, innovation and managment, introduces you to a range of related concepts, ideas and debates that will enable you to develop a critical...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...write. We do not think it right that we should know nothing but work and suffering, from Monday morning to Saturday night, to make others rich. Do, good gentlemen, inquire carefully into our concern. [Submission from Manchester's Factory Children Committee sent to the House of Commons in 1836.] The section of the IPEC slideshow dealing with the ‘Historical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...write each word (or word group) into the correct row of the table according to its word class. 1. Initially, it will only come for a very short distance, but in a few days you will be able to increase the distance. Noun Verb Adjective Preposition Adverb Pronoun Determiner Conjunction Words: 0 Answer Noun distance, days, distance Verb will, come, will, be, able, increase...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...write, they will certainly find it hard to take part on equal terms with people who can – in competing for a job, for example. Activity 2 A learning disability friendly society? Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Click the link below to answer the poll on what you consider important in order for a society to be friendlier to people with a learning disability. Link: A...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...writing software for the program. Her programming skills led to her promotion to head of the Apollo Software Engineering Division, where she and her colleagues wrote and developed code for the guidance and control systems of the in-flight command and lunar modules of the Apollo missions (McMillan 2015; Spicer 2017). In the process, Hamilton and her team established the...
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Article 5 mins
Cost-of-living crisis, or just back-to-life blip?
Money & Business

Cost-of-living crisis, or just back-to-life blip?

...write after November’s overshoot. But domestic events may have compounded the rise in UK costs. The pound has depreciated by 10-15% in the five years since the Brexit referendum vote. This puts upward pressure on everything the country imports, including half its gas and 45% of its food. New trade frictions due to Brexit have added to import prices – though some...
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Article 5 mins