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The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...adults who were playing in the teams at the time couldn’t get the time off work to go over for six weeks to Mexico, so you ended up with a squad of quite young teenagers going to Mexico, playing in front of 100,000 fans, and this incredible experience of a lifetime. And then they get back. And because it’s an unofficial tournament, it's unaffiliated, Harry Batt is...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...Adult Learning Wales, Coleg Gwent and the NPTC Group of Colleges...Have you ever noticed how often you need maths skills in everyday life? This free course is an introduction to Level 1 Essential Skills in maths that’s designed to inspire you to improve your current maths skills and help you to remember any areas that you may have forgotten. Working through the examples...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...careful imitation of revered masterpieces of the past. This practice was not an eighteenth-century invention, but firsthand studies of the landscape assumed greater importance in relation to studio work as the century progressed. Seeing and thinking for yourself and drawing on the evidence of the five senses were central to the Enlightenment mindset. Specialisation of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...adult British population (age 19–65 years) MALE FEMALE Body dimension Mean/mm SD*/mm Mean/mm SD*/mm Stature 1740 70 1610 62 Eye height 1630 69 1505 61 Shoulder height 1425 66 1310 58 Elbow height 1090 52 1005 46 Sitting height 910 36 850 35 Sitting eye height 790 35 740 33 Sitting shoulder height 595 32 555 31 Sitting elbow height 245 31 235 29 Thigh thickness 160 15...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Rounding and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Rounding and estimation

...careful about the level of accuracy of an estimate. Example 5 Dave and Sally are planning to travel from Newcastle to London, then to Gloucester, then to Liverpool and finally home to Newcastle. Newcastle to London 282 London to Gloucester 104 Gloucester to Liverpool 146 Liverpool to Newcastle 170 (a) Make a rough estimate of the total distance travelled. (b) Petrol is...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...care, remains considerably under-researched or ‘hidden’. While we may seek to take some comfort from assumptions that discussions of poverty and inequality should start from questions of social justice, this contrasts with long-standing ideas that the poor are a ‘problem’, at times a ‘dangerous’ population. Such populations are also often associated with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...careful analysis of the core concepts, and ‘unpack’ or evaluate the arguments and claims made. Others go further, offering not only new ways of thinking about the core problems, but practical suggestions for policy-makers. For example, democratic ways of deciding on claims for secession. One reason this can be hard to think about all at once is that real world events,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...Health mandated reporting standards for use in emergency departments that measured the care and the time patients spent in the emergency department with timestamps and reporting requirements throughout the patient's journey? So the question I answered for my project or, rather, the project focus was literally looking at the threats coming from the external environment. And in the case of my project, it was a ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs