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Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...change within an educational institution...Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through: 1 Competing views of school - [Speech bubble with the text: ‘Where did you learn that?’] This course is premised on a belief that we can all take actions within our everyday working lives which contribute to the overall development of equality, participation and inclusion....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
Money & Business

Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis

...changes, an increase in staffing (a strength) or lack of good training (a weakness). These can be controlled by the business itself. External factors are things outside a business which affect it, such as rising oil prices due to war, a new product from a competitor in the market or new tax laws. These are out of the control of the business and the business needs to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...changes over its life-cycle, with changes often triggered by changes in context and in stakeholders’ needs. As a consequence, software development activities typically carry on post-deployment as new releases of the software are developed and deployed. Activity 3 Do a web search for ‘software development processes’. Name three such processes that recur in your...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...change the way we looked at and record the UK. The intention was to take imagery of the entire country thus producing an immediate snapshot of life in the new Millennium. In many ways this imitated the Domesday Book of 1089 when William the Conqueror attempted to record all aspects of his new kingdom. The Millennium Mapping company, unlike William, produced more than...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...changes. Other user feedback might imply a more significant rethink of the whole project. There are two lessons here: Designers have to formulate problems and needs as best they can at the outset of design activity, and yet sometimes they cannot completely define problems and needs before embarking on creative design activities. Designing means getting the correct type...
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...change in Britain in the years after the French Revolution...Wilberforce: 1.1 Early influences - In the early summer of 1771, the clergyman and writer John Newton (1725–1807) was visited at Olney by two of his admirers, William and Hannah Wilberforce, a wealthy childless couple, and their 11-year-old nephew and heir, also named William. Newton made a profound impression...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...changes over time. However, biologists remain ignorant about what the ancestors of monotremes looked like and what historic relationship they had with the evolutionary lines that gave rise to marsupial and placental mammals. In the section you have just read, there were a number of references to pages in LoM given in square brackets [ ]. Indeed, unless stated otherwise,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...changes you think necessary. Use the activity as part of a lesson. Evaluate the effectiveness of the activity by reflecting on the lesson, talking to pupils and assessing their work. Did the activities motivate students? Share your experiences with colleagues. The UPD8 resource site contains numerous activities for secondary school pupils. Click on Topics in the top...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs