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Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...technology, or are a voracious reader, curious and knowledgeable about many topics, but given to procrastination. It is useful to spend some time thinking about what is required and which skills you need to focus on developing if you are thinking of a career in translation. You may have struggled to identify five top skills and that’s because all of them are really...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...education, defence, and so on) and oversees the collection of taxes (such as Income Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT) and excise duty on petrol). When the government uses these spending and revenue raising activities to stabilise the economy, this comes under the purview of fiscal policy, which is the main focus of this section. It should be emphasised that the role of fiscal...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...educators and leaders working with young people in both formal and informal educational settings. The course will provide practical guidance and resources for running workshops for young people between the ages of 13 and 18 to stimulate reflection on religious diversity. Young people and religion: creative learning with history presents conclusions from a major European...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...educational achievement. As a result the solutions provided are pitched at the individual or family level. 3. In terms of children, which borough in London is England’s ‘most obese council’? Comment In the ninth paragraph Cohen reports that Brent is England’s ‘most obese council’; it is also England’s ninth poorest. Of the ten areas with the most children...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...educator Mushon Zer-Aviv suggests there's a way to make it work...In celebrating the merits of free software and the excitement over this radical networked production method, an important truth is left unspoken. Networked collaboration shines in the low levels of network protocols, server software and memory allocation, but user interface has consistently been a point of...
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Article 10 mins
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...technology. It wouldn’t be surprising if you haven’t heard of Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, who must be considered the World’s first computer programmer – even though she died almost a century before the first computers roared into life. Ada was born in December 1815 into a life of wealth and privilege as the only legitimate daughter of the poet Lord...
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Article 15 mins
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...technology has changed the way we think about problems, by offering ‘mind tools’ that can help us to find solutions. They can help us share information, filter and process that information, discover new facts, invent new ideas, visualise solutions, and share the fruits of our thoughts with other people worldwide. In this session you will look at what is meant by a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...technology? Certainly in terms of technological advancement, in terms of obviously… I mean 20 years ago probably would’ve maybe just been digital, mostly film I would’ve thought, so it’s much more broad. If you look at just our phones, you get 1080 footage, I think 4k on some phones now so everyone, in theory, is a cameraman and if they see something unusual,...
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Video 30 mins