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The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...based on surveys, and while it is interesting to do them, you will appreciate that there is a subjective element in both and they may produce conflicting results leading to further questions! For example, you may have scored high in the first survey and high in the second, indicating that even though you may have had a number of major life events that are considered...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...based upon protracted ecological study in that area. This habitat is dry and very cold and is north of the forest line. Notice that some animals that are classed as secondary consumers may include plants in their diet (dashed lines) Figure 3: adapted from Biology for the IB Diploma (2001) Oxford University Press Figure 3 shows a food web for one part of the Arctic tundra,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...based. We have seen that historical interpretations reflect contemporary concerns and political conditions. In 1919, the topic was of contemporary political importance as much as it was during the Cold War or in 2014, when a newly confident Germany wanted to wipe the slate clean of some of its uncomfortable history. We’ve also briefly alluded to the importance of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...base of the bar counter, whose top is of well worn, well wiped mahogany, runs a line of scattered sawdust, about six inches wide, on to which people spit, throw fag ends, matches and empty cigarette packets.” The authors list the activities that took place there and elsewhere in the pub: talking, thinking, smoking, spitting, playing games, betting, singing, playing the...
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Article 10 mins
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...based approach to children, young people and food...Children and young people: food and food marketing: 1 The ‘advertised diet’ - [Described image] Figure 1 A selection of chocolate bars One of the defining features of the world today is a high level of obesity among children worldwide. This is not only in countries such as the UK, where nearly a third of children...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...de floorboard’. There's a sense of amazement at ‘de people pouring from de underground system’, but the comment ‘Like beans’, given the emphasis of a line to itself, suggests that this is something that won't faze her. She continues to take things in her stride, changing her ‘calypso ways’ to learn English customs, such as not visiting ‘Before giving them...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...based on scientific evidence understand key aspects of areas of scientific knowledge that have personal relevance understand some of the wider implications associated with any scientific investigation have an appreciation of current thinking on uncertainty, ambiguities and the limits of scientific knowledge deploy transferable skills in assessing contemporary...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...based upon some of the work that we've done in these previous attempts with PhD students. We had an idea of what was feasible, what was practical, what was difficult. We had a sense of the sorts of questions that we could ask that would be meaningful in that context. So we put together a proposal from scratch. And we were very lucky in that we were successful....
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs