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Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...changes in the way that families function in recent years, in particular to living arrangements in the developed world. The family unit now takes many different forms to the 20th century Western society construct of two parents and two children living in the family home. Celia Brackenridge (2006) acknowledges these changes in her definition of the term ‘parent’:...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...climate, in our culture, and in our country. And that has a part to play with children and young people. But very much, it's about relationships. The family unit is not the same. The community cohesion is not necessarily the same. So in terms of that mentoring role, that supportive role, we often consider children and young people within concentric circles. And we don't...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...changes in the weather. It is hard to imagine that forecasting success rates were high for more than a few hours ahead, so military discipline and scientific curiosity may have been essential for keeping the observation networks going in the early days. In addition to supplying data for forecasting, records of past weather are an important input into
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...changing voltage, but other properties can change in this way, such as current, power, pressure, and so on. [Described image] Figure 1 A sinusoidal signal A sinusoid is an example of a periodic signal. It repeats at regular time intervals. Any non-sinusoidal periodic signal can be regarded as a sum of sinusoids. A section of a periodic signal between two consecutive...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...change (43 BCE–17/18 CE). Rome was transforming from a republic into a new system – an empire – under the control of one man, the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Against this backdrop, it makes sense that the main thread of the Metamorphoses should not be the story of a brave hero or a great queen or the foundation of a city, but transformation itself. The poem is...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...change and evolve. If you're always coming up against the same obstacles or if you are focusing too much on one area at the expense of other areas, then you can reflect on that while you're doing your monthly reports. It's also very important to have regular reviews with your manager. Every company I've worked for always had some kind of performance-related review,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...change’ while NICE (2019) outline quality standards requirements for the use of such technology, including information about how to evidence effectiveness and economic benefits (cost versus benefit). Figure 2 provides a summary of the different ‘levels’ and ‘purpose’ of digital technology. [The figure shows a table with four distinct sections. The top section...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Rugby tackles homophobia
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby tackles homophobia

...changing rooms with. Homophobia is deeply embedded in the hidden codes of narrow forms of heterosexual masculinity which rests on the belief that to be a ‘real man’ you’re not gay. Like Gareth Thomas, gay men come out because many report feelings of ‘living a lie’ and feel isolated and alienated from society when they are hiding a part of themselves. He was...
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