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Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...think she would have tried, as she was comfortable where she was. Julie is glad she did though. Julie is now a band 4 NA, with a District Nursing team. Having got the ’studying bug’, she went straight onto doing her transfer to nursing programme and hopes to qualify as a registered nurse soon. Julie loves working as a NA in the community and said: “I think a...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...thinks of ‘equality’ in education What do you see as the dimensions of equality which you consider important? Now think about an educational context with which you are familiar. This might be the institution in which you practise or an institution you attended, or one which a member of your family attends. What does achieving equity for learners need to look like in...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...think I see plainly the cropping out of the original rock on which his own finer stratum was laid. The first play was written by a superior, thoughtful man, with a vicious ear. I can mark his lines, and know well their cadence. See Wolsey's soliloquy, and the following scene with Cromwell, where,--instead of the metre of Shakespeare, whose secret is, that the thought...
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Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...system that discouraged the language’s use. The Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge11, established in 1709, played an important role in the education of young Gaels through the 18th and 19th Centuries. Initially, their attitude to the language was outwardly hostile and the speaking of Gaelic was banned even in the playground. In 1750, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...system of accounting. Being able to understand and express the accounting equation in different forms is crucial to understanding and preparing the balance sheet (the principal financial statement) and the income statement...Week 2: Essential numerical skills for accounting: 2.1 Mastering accounting numeracy - Competent accountants should be able to use mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...think about choosing a revision place where you can spread out your materials and leave them as they are, without having to pack anything away. This means that you can pick up and put down your revision whenever you find time to revise. This will help you to make the most of your revision time. On the other hand, you may find that you concentrate better away from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!
Money & Business

Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!

...thinking is that efficiency, which is related to the speed and volume of output a process produces, needs to be balanced against effectiveness, or the quality of that output. In the next section, we will spend some time considering how the ideas that have been highlighted so far fit together, before moving on to consider how you can use them in your own working...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary modern foreign languages

...think are important for students to learn about? An over-reliance on test results may lead teachers to make generalisations and judgements about a pupil’s capability in all aspects of a subject, based on the formal testing of a subset. For example, a National Curriculum level tells us nothing about a pupil’s problem-solving ability or creativity, nor about their...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs