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Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...world are found to be children younger than 18 years old. Increasingly, more children have their own mobile phone or mobile device (for example a tablet), watch television on their own devices, play games for at least a few hours per week, and use websites such as YouTube extensively more as they grow up. For example, in 2017, 81% of 8–11 years old in the UK were found...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...world’s second biggest car producer. By 2005, MG Rover, Britain’s last independent car manufacturer, was declared bankrupt. Critics pointed out that Britain’s car industry had produced the wrong cars, for the wrong markets and at the wrong price. Quite simply, the market found competitors’ product offerings more satisfying. Another example of the importance of an...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...worlds. To an adult’s eye, some picture books may seem remarkably simple, even oversimplified. However, in this free course, Exploring books for children: words and pictures, you will learn how children’s books use words and pictures together in remarkably sophisticated ways to communicate both to young and older readers, drawing on examples from the classics, such as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...heritage, conservation, the environment, sports and so on. Therefore, the term ‘voluntary sector’ is used here more as a shorthand way of covering those diverse organisations, large or small, international or national, that operate on a not-for-profit basis and offer a wider public benefit. You will look further into the idea of sectors later but first you’ll...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...world, the campaign was anything but fair. The AKP not only controls the army, but also holds sway over the judiciary and much of the media. The party and President Erdoğan effectively dominated pre-election airtime on the country’s public broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), which once again displayed blatant favouritism toward the...
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Article 10 mins
Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...world, humans are being threatened by lethal viruses, cured from terminal illness by miracle elixirs, rendered superhuman with bionic limbs or made obsolete by robots possessing artificial intelligence. [A spinner vehicle created by a Blade Runner fan] But what are the facts behind these entertaining fictions? And how best to dispel the myths and misconceptions...
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Video 10 mins
What actually happens if Britain leaves the EU?
Society, Politics & Law

What actually happens if Britain leaves the EU?

...World Trade Organisation (WTO). But the WTO does not establish global free trade, which is why individual countries negotiate FTAs within the WTO framework. Of course trade would not cease on Brexit, but the issue is in what volume and on what terms – and what the consequent effects on non-EU inward investment in the UK would be. Alternatively, some float the idea of...
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Article 10 mins
Scotland Votes 2016: Campaign snapshots
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland Votes 2016: Campaign snapshots

...world that I’m in love with a woman”. She generally received praise, establishing the Scottish parliament as home to an unusually large number of LGB party leaders. There is also some evidence to suggest that after a few false dawns, gender-based equality of selection is catching on again. This seems to have been reinforced by the three biggest parties all being led...
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Article 5 mins