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Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...Working through the examples and interactive activities in this course will help you to, among other things, calculate how much paint you'll need for decorating, convert currencies or make progress in your career or further education. To complete this course you will need access to a calculator, a notepad and pen, and a protractor. Enrolling on this course will give you...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...work together – or in opposition – shapes crucial global outcomes, such as peaceful coexistence, economic growth, and solutions for global challenges like climate change and human rights. IR explores topics like war, peace, trade, the environment and migration, making it a broad and dynamic field. Contemporary issues, like those seen in the daily news, frequently...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...work towards a formal qualification in the future; or you may have been encouraged to look at the course by friends, family or an employer. You may know quite a lot about babies and children through caring for your own or other people's. In this course you will be finding out about very young babies' abilities, and the ways in which they interact with the world around...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...work on the drainage of the Fens in eastern England and, in this century, have helped countries like Bangladesh to build flood defences (The Construction Index, 2015). Dykes (also called levees) and dams are used across the globe, including, for example, New Orleans in the US and a massive dam complex across the Neva Bay, completed in 2011, to protect the city of St...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Teaching Languages for long-term memory
Languages

Teaching Languages for long-term memory

...Working memory’ refers to the very limited number of thoughts we can hold in our minds at once. Working memory is easily overloaded so instead we tend to rely on our memories. For example, drivers don’t have to think in detail about the process of driving; they learnt it and now they simply do it from memory. If you had to think in detail about everything involved in...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring career mentoring and coaching Badge icon
Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...work or instead of browsing your social media accounts. Remember – self-awareness and self-reflection are skills like any other. The more you use them, the better you will get. As Dr Julia Yates explained at the beginning of this week, self-awareness is at the heart of coaching and mentoring, and your own self-awareness will grow when you work with a mentor or coach....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...work with male leaders, for example, by issuing a faith leaders declaration against female genital mutilation. Despite the government’s position, there are a few successful examples of promising practice prevention work led by black and ethnic minority women, which should be replicated or scaled up by the state. The Southall Black Sisters whole school’s project showed...
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Article 10 mins
Exercise and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercise and mental health

...work or not? The jury may still be out. If you conduct studies, for example, where the people who are assessing depression are not aware of whether the person is doing exercise or not, then those studies don't show as strong an effect. Dr Gaynor Parfitt - Exercise Psychologist, Exeter University: There's also been some dose response research that's shown that, if we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs