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How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...care needs to be taken when talking about percentages: if a number has gone down two percentage points it doesn’t mean that is has gone down by 2%. It means that some measure, expressed as a percentage, has gone down two points on that percentage scale. Percentage points therefore relate to linear scale differences between values measured along the same ratio based...
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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...caring, sharing and giving culture. But in an urban city, it’s very competitive and achievement-focused.” For a great many, what it means to be a successful self has transformed. “You’re defined by your status, power and wealth, which was not part of traditional culture.” Why did it change in this way? “A Confucian scholar living on a farm in a rural village...
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Article 15 mins
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...care of the British Museum. The British Museum’s Report and Accounts notes the arrival of related objects: Japan featured prominently in the year’s acquisitions. A fine impression of Hokusai’s celebrated The Great Wave (1830–3) was acquired with support from The Art Fund. A group of 19th-century netsuke, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax, was...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...care for all families) initiatives so they can be regarded as operating with a deficit view of some individuals (i.e. ‘you need help’) rather than making radical changes to society and the way things are...Exploring equality and equity in education: 2.2 Equality of outcome - The second approach to equality, with a focus on outcomes and what happens as a result of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...careful when I start making notes and I write down exactly where it is from, and the date, and during the notes I kind of if I’m writing down the views of a particular person, write down their name as well, who it is that you are referring to, and then when you come to use them for TMA and revision, your notes are particularly helpful to you. John OK you have just...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...adults (as parents, teachers and peer citizens)? Sustainable Development Goal 4 (introduced in Week 1) asks us to consider education as lifelong learning...Week 3: How do environmental drivers affect the possible purposes for education?: 3 What is education for a sustainable future? - When thinking about what kind of education is needed for societies to deal with...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
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Languages

Describing language

...adult learners of English do say them...Week 1: Making words: 5 This week’s quiz - Well done – you have reached the end of Week 1. You can now check what you’ve learned this week by taking the end-of-week quiz. Week 1 practice quiz Open the quiz in a new or window and come back here when you have finished...Week 1: Making words: 6 Summary of Week 1 - You began this...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...careful teaching which develops learners’ deep understanding of mathematics. Week 1 of the course starts by reviewing the procedures and concepts of number operations that have been introduced to leaners before age 9 or 10. This week contains more reading than weeks 2 – 8, and less activity. It is intended to introduce you briefly to the actions, language and written...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs