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Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...health more broadly and to Social Services and Welfare. Ann One of the things that I think is brilliant about Childline is that it doesn’t get stuck on the rhetoric of children’s need. What I mean by that is that it is very common to construct what children’s needs are from the outside in a way which is not at all helpful because it is paternalistic and it makes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...health and safety regulations during its lifetime. Some people can take on a variety of stakeholder roles and change between them as the project unfolds. The politics of organisations are such that you will find people swapping roles not only because of their team membership but also because of their wish to affect the outcome – either favourably or adversely. Example 1...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...health, wellbeing or education. Local bylaws list the jobs children cannot do. Wage entitlements National Minimum Wage entitlement starts at school leaving age, at the end of June in the school year you become 16. National Living Wage entitlement starts at age 23 and replaces the National Minimum Wage. In 2023/24 the rates per hour for the minimum and living wage were:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...health or statistics, and a vast literature exists on the subject. One important role of software development processes is to reduce risk, particularly in relation to two fundamental categories: Problem-related risks: these are risks associated with misunderstanding the problem and the stakeholders’ requirements, or making inappropriate assumptions as to the context of...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...health, medical care and domestic circumstances. We are beginning to view ageing-related damage as a side-effect of other adaptive processes. This may allow us to reduce the impact of ageing-related diseases as the limits on human lifespan recede. (Adapted from Partridge and Gems, 2002, p. 921) Discussion A long, tightly structured unit at the start of the clause is not...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...mentality that looked to precious materials for ostentation, and suggests that prestige lies in the prowess of the artist alone. Alberti goes further, however, in claiming that painting was pre-eminent in the arts: ‘Who can doubt that painting is the master art … all the smiths, sculptors, shops and guilds are governed by the rules and art of the painter. It is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...health and safety training officers in a large chemicals company. Although he has a general responsibility for ensuring that staff receive appropriate training, he has little influence on the content of training sessions as a result of health and safety legislation laid down by country laws and when training takes place, but he can influence how the training is provided...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...Health Service (NHS). The ongoing climate crisis provides a more global example of systemic failure. In all cases, these are not simple, isolated errors but complex failures with social, technical and political dimensions, with multiple and sometimes conflicting perspectives about what the nature of the problem and its possible solutions. Systemic failure often happens as...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs