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Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...Data from a much larger insect eater, the hedgehog, is of special interest. Hedgehogs in Britain hibernate from around November to April, with precise timings dependent on weather conditions. They become aroused from hibernation about every 7-11 days. Temperature and heart rate during hedgehog hibernation have been measured for long periods via miniature sensors implanted...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...analysis of your own. And you’ll also get to grips with how an understanding of language structure can help you to be creative and playful with language. Armed with this new knowledge, you’ll be able to explain why advertising works, and why jokes are funny! Aimed at complete beginners, no knowledge of grammar has been assumed in this course. You’ll start at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...analysis and synthesis, etc. (PACTE, 2003, pp. 16–17) Activity 2 Select the answer for Question 1a here Answer the following questions. The bilingual sub-competence... is mainly declarative and relates to a good command of grammar and vocabulary in the foreign language. is mainly procedural and relates to the ability to speak languages other than one’s mother tongue....
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...analysis invariably reveals various techniques the writer has employed to key into this commonality. The form a poem takes, whether it be free or traditional, reflects those techniques, and is itself vital in the unlocking of ‘the logic of the imagination’. The form a poet chooses for any one poem is partly dependent on process. A writer needs to have at his or her...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...Data from Religious Trends edited by Peter Brierley, http://www.brin.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Estimated-Church-Attendance-1980-2015-Brierley.xlsx...Religious diversity: rethinking religion: 1.2 What is secularism? - What secularism means has been interpreted differently in different national and legal contexts. For example, in France, the development of secularism...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...data about how long people are living and their health status. This does not exactly answer the question ‘is having a Third Age now common?’ but it may give clues that help to answer this question. Activity 5 Statistics about ageing Timing: Allow about 30 minutes Video 2 - (a) The following animation, Video 2, presents you with some different statistics about older...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
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Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...data is kept securely and that the form of any publication, including publication on the Internet, does not directly or indirectly lead to a breach of agreed confidentiality and anonymity. Now you will return to ways of observing and listening to children in primary schools, looking at techniques for interviews and conversations. As you continue through this course, pay...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...analysis of longitudinal data’, The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 3(10), pp. 685–96. World Health Organization (2019) ‘Guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age’. Available from: https://apps.who.int/ iris/ bitstream/ handle/ 10665/ 311664/ 9789241550536-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (Accessed 14 May...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs