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Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...work, social or family life? Have those changes improved your life? Have they created any problems? Discussion The biggest change for me has been the ability to work from home. I’m currently at home typing this text on a computer while listening to some music, which is also stored on the computer. I’ll shortly email my document to a colleague, who will be able to read...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...work in international development, at the European Parliament, for Plaid Cymru, and for a renewable energy company. She was also a candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election. In 2024, Smith was appointed to the House of Lords as Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, becoming the youngest member of the House. [Baroness Smith of Llanfaes] Why did you want to become a member...
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Article 5 mins
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...work builds on what has been termed ‘social construction of technology’ (or SCOT), which is seen as a direct response to technological determinism (Pinch and Bijker 1984). In this perspective technology development is seen as the result of competition and negotiation between different groups or actors, rather than a finished artefact that is released (or inflicted)...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...work in the UK. Yet doctors and nurses from the EEA may no longer have the right to do so. Dr Parvati Raghuram looks at how the NHS has depended on foreign workers since its creation...[NHS leaflet 1948] NHS leaflet from 1948 The claim that the National Health Service (NHS) would get an additional £350m per week if the UK quit the EU was arguably one of the most...
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Article 5 mins
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Social Sciences courses. What makes asking people from Black and minority ethnic communities about their origin so offensive? In recent years this basic expression of interest seems to have been behind a host of conflict, upset and tumultuous argument. Some say the question is simply a harmless expression of curiosity, a basic demonstration of interest borne of good...
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Article 5 mins
Teachers sharing resources online
Education & Development

Teachers sharing resources online

...worked well with the children. Sometimes it is necessary to adapt your own resources before uploading them, for example if you’ve got any children’s names on planning you would need to take away obviously nothing that can identify learners or the children. Sometimes it’ll be your own details on there if you’ve used an example but apart from that most of the time...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Design ecologies animation
Science, Maths & Technology

Design ecologies animation

...social and ecological impacts, including the legacy of waste generated by consumer products. Design ecologies explore the entire system, mapping resources, flows, and interactions at various scales and geographies. This animation uses a smartphone as an example to introduce the concept of design ecology through addressing ways to reduce the phone’s environmental impact....
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Video 5 mins
Art history: C17th to C19th
History & The Arts

Art history: C17th to C19th

...Christ Church, Spitalfields This film looks at the urban development of Spitalfields, London, revealing the artistic and political messages encoded in Hawksmoor’s monumental church. Kedleston Hall What lies behind a façade? Studying the influences on the once-radical design of Kedleston Hall reveals social and intellectual preoccupations that play out to this day....
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Video 18 mins