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Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...based on personal values.’ In the video below, Emma Harrison of IMIX and Jill Rutter of British Future explain how important it is to understand the audiences in order to communicate effectively about issues of migration. Research by IMIX and British Future shows that, while the migration debates appear polarised, there is in fact a large group of people who position...
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Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...base by the height. In the example below A = 6 × 3 = 18 cm2. [Described image] Figure 13 Finding the area of a rectangle Triangles are another shape that you can find the area of relatively simply. If you think of a triangle, it is really just half of a rectangle. This is most easy to see with a right-angled triangle as shown below. You can see that the actual triangle...
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Free course 48 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...based on both the radiation present and on you and the tissue (bones, organs) involved; the unit is the mSv (milliSievert). The average annual dose from background radiation in the UK is 2.7mSv. If the radiation locally is raised above the background count then you may receive a bigger dose. For instance, some medical procedures involve the use of radiation and flying...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...de-stigmatise the menopause, raise awareness of its impact and remove the embarrassment often experienced when people talk about it (Newson, 2019)...Session 1: What are we are talking about?: 5 Factors affecting the severity of the menopause - On average the menopause starts aged 51; however, the perimenopause that is described as ‘the change before the change’,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...based on the monitoring of tiny animals which live in or on the bed of the river. Species groups recorded at a site are compared with those which would be expected to be present in the absence of pollution, allowing for different environmental characteristics in different parts of the country. Table 2 gives chemical quality data for the rivers in the UK in 2002. Overall...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...based on individual initiative and personal aspirations. [The Ninnion Tablet is a terracotta plaque which was dedicated at the sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis around 370 BCE. It gets its name from the woman who set it up, which we know from an inscription scratched onto the bottom of the plaque. The scenes are thought to represent affairs at the Eleusinian...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...based support staff in Wales available in 'Learning Wales' (Welsh Government, 2013a) The scheme aims to: introduce an integrated set of professional / occupational standards for learning support staff in Wales revise the professional standards associated with Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) status harmonize induction programs for school-based learning support staff...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...based on science shouldn’t be a right/left debate, should it? BP: But it isn’t on science, that’s the point, it is not about the science, it never has been about the science, has always been about what to do about climate change, it always has been, it’s not the nitty-gritty details. Even if you are really concerned about, let’s say, the 2° target being reached...
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