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Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...researchers in MFL teaching and learning, including David Little (1995) and Hazel Crichton (2009). Crichton suggests that high-level target language interaction is a way of ensuring that the students have to function at a certain basic level. She also suggests that this supports their acquisition of the language and allows them to communicate sometimes also using...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...research has been done on speed resistance training. For example, in a review of the literature Alcaraz et al. (2018) concluded that resisted sled training is an effective method of improving sprint performance. However, there is limited research evidence to support the use of speed assistance and it can lead to negative effects such as an increase in braking forces...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...Research, 2021) and that 68% of those surveyed were already working from both home and the office. What is not surprising is the amount of people who said that they would actually leave an organisation if there was no option for hybrid working. That being said, the report did identify that people are concerned with digital tooling and teaming, that the need to be able to...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...research. However, the war was not only experienced on the battlefield. You’ll explore the many and varied ways in which the war impacted on civilians, including the way combatant casualties affected the lives of loved ones who were left behind. Finally, you will look at how the trauma of the war has been depicted in art and literature, and see what has been learned...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...researchers are observing the woodpecker finch, using this wooden box to stand in for a tree. The woodpecker finch is one of the only birds to use tools to help it find food. A stick or small twig enables it to dig deeper into tree bark for insect larvae. This skill enables it to survive in conditions which other birds would find difficult. In the dry season, it can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...researcher at the Natural History Museum in London. In 2003 he began work as a researcher at the BBC Natural History Unit. Since then he has filmed in more than 30 countries. He has climbed active volcanoes, sailed with traditional Polynesian navigators and explored a toxic cave with crystals the size of trees. More important to Paul is the time that he has spent working...
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Video 30 mins
Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...Research Fellow in Film Music Studies at the University of Leeds. She has taught film music to students from musical and non-musical backgrounds, and her research interests include comparative analysis of film music as written and aural texts. The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions). This content is made available under a Creative Commons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...research project suggested at the end of this course...Diversity in religion: Islam: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the range of attitudes towards same-sex relationships among Muslims recognise change and diversity in Islam and in religion in general...Diversity in religion: Islam: 1 Attitudes to male same-sex...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr