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Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...typing on a laptop.] Figure 2 Effective messages have similar characteristics whatever the channel used. Activity 2 How would you improve this message? Timing: Allow about 20 minutes Read the following example of an email message from Mary, a strength and conditioning coach. She is writing about Jessica, a talented athlete working in an apprenticeship role in an...
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...phrases, events, policies, and organisations. Sometimes they explain what they are referring to, at other times they don’t. Don’t worry. You don’t have to know everything about all that is mentioned in each video. As with any geography field trip, people who speak to you as a group will often run through a lot of material and information. Not everything they say...
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...de corps or some sense of relational intimacy. You don't know them as individuals, but there, there is definitely a sense of a shared identity. So in that sense, I think you can talk about a change in how you conceptualise yourself. ...The social nature of being human: 2 Groups and politics - [Described image] Figure 3 (Not) on his own In this course, you will examine...
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...phrase ‘the sociological imagination’ because he was a sociologist and needed an over-arching term that indicated he was exploring ideas from other sociologists. However, he is clear that the term the ‘sociological imagination’ matters ‘less than the idea’ (p. 19) itself. Mills notes that political theorists call the idea the ‘political imagination’ and...
Teaching mathematics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...types of division problem. For example: 12 division three can mean there are 12 sweets shared between 3 people, so they each get 4 sweets. 12 has been divided (or shared) into 3 equal parts of 4. 12 ÷ 3 can mean that I have 12p, so how many 3p sweets can I buy? In this case, you can count up in threes to find how many sweets you can buy. You are counting up in groups of...
Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...types of legislation that exist and explains how law making powers may be delegated by either the Scottish of UK Parliaments. Overviews of law making often overlook the fact that delegated legislation (also referred to as subordinate or secondary legislation) is used to give ministers, both of the Scottish and UK Governments, power to make law. In some cases they have...
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...Type 2 diabetes, stroke and heart disease. Population ageing is associated with a rise in these conditions, but the audio suggests there might be an additional challenge in the fact that younger generations might be more likely to age with these diseases compared to those previously, with obesity being given as a reason. Although the audio discussion is based on ageing in...
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...type of food do you like best? Activity 4 looks at some of the popular cuisines. Activity 4 Read the sentences and match them with their English translations. Then check your answers. Some of the words describing popular cuisines you have come across already, others you might be able to guess. Ich esse gern chinesisch. I like to eat Chinese. Ich esse gern italienisch. I...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs