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Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...communicate this clearly and concisely to others): when the numerator and denominator change places, the result is called the reciprocal of the original fraction. Thus, dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal. In the next section you’ll look at this in practice...Week 4: More parts of the whole: 3.1 Practising dividing fractions - You now...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...communication, all these kind of things. So when a hurricane hits a really poor country like Burma, it kills far more people than when it hits a relatively wealthy country like India or Mexico. And so that’s what we need to be doing, to protect people against weather, whether it’s getting worse or not, we need to be helping them get richer, so that’s the crucial...
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Audio 5 mins
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...community' were issued. The passport – history...Passports: identity and airports: 1.1 Passport regimes – inclusion and exclusion - Figure 2 Komagatu Maru We will now look more closely at the different ways in which passport regimes have functioned historically to meet social needs to regulate conduct. In the case study of early twentieth-century Canada to follow, you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
History & The Arts

Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

...communicator as well. In fact, once at a public gathering of historians I think I may have damaged his career very slightly by suggesting he would have also made an excellent television producer. Ian of course is one of the world experts though, if not the single greatest expert on the life and times of Adolf Hitler. His two volume epic biography of the Nazi dictator is...
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Audio 45 mins
Introduction to Spanish
Languages

Introduction to Spanish

...communication problems, though sometimes they may be the source of humorous confusions. For example, in Spain the word saco means ‘sack’, but in many Latin American countries it is also the most a common word for ‘jacket’. When you use your dictionary, you will find that regional variations are often given. Transport is a subject in which terms certainly vary...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...communication styles are preferred in particular contexts allows you to understand people and their ways of being better than by simply learning grammar...Week 1: Introduction to the Arabic alphabet: 6 This week’s quiz - Check what you’ve learned this week by taking the end-of-week quiz. Activity 6 Timing: 20 minutes Select the answer for Question 1a here 1. Listen to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...communicate in an emergency, so a mobile phone or a VHF radio is important. Check the reception, however, because it can vary in remote areas. Alternatively, for very remote areas, a satellite phone can be used...Health and safety in the laboratory and field: 9.2 Other hazards - 9.2.1 Stumbles, falls, etc. Such minor accidents are always possible, especially on rough or...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...communities around the world depend on seasonal foods to fulfil their dietary and nutritional requirements during the course of a year. So, food and nutrition security needs to be looked at over the longer term and in the context of other influences on people’s dietary needs and choices. Next you will look at your own dinner plate and compare it with others that you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs