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How to learn a language Badge icon
Languages

How to learn a language

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['How to learn a language' digital badge]...Introduction and guidance:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...history, and internal dynamic, will, I am sure, constrain a victorious Jeremy Corbyn in a manner alien to Syriza. Turning to the first-past-the-post system, had it applied here in Greece, it would have given our party a crushing majority in parliament. It is, therefore, untrue that Labour’s electoral failures are due to this system. Lastly, allow me to urge caution with...
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Article 10 mins
Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...history and the second highest viewed event of 2019. [woman in black tank top and black leggings doing yoga] While the profile of and demand for women’s sport has risen, stark gender inequalities still prevail in terms of investment, sponsorship, media coverage and pay (Farrer & Co, 2019), but also more broadly in society, in terms of participation in grass roots sport....
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Article 15 mins
Evolutionary tree of mammals
Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...history understand how the structure of DNA can help us to detect differences between different species apply the techniques of DNA analysis to work out which mammals are most closely related to each other appreciate the importance of bringing together evidence from different sources...School activities: Evolutionary tree of mammals: 1 Natural groups - Darwin made...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...history and narrative research who are going to be prepared to give you a little bit of their time and their stories. And often participants are known to researchers in narrative and life history research. And that was the case in my study. They were teachers who I’d had some contact within my work as a teacher educator. So the research then provides other teachers with...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...family think. But at another level our Western society and education has trained us all in certain ways of thinking. The two main kinds are logical thinking and causal thinking...Systems thinking and practice: 3.1 Logical thinking - The classic example of logical thinking is a form of reasoning which goes like this: ‘If all cows are animals, and this is a cow, then it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...Histories, composed around 430 BCE...Session 1: The alphabet: 3 Unfamiliar letters - The Greek alphabet contains a few letters with no opposite number in English. An example would be the letter ‘psi’ (ψ, Ψ) which in English has to be represented by a combination of two letters, ‘p’ and ‘s’. Activity 4 Letters with no English equivalent Timing: Allow about 5...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...family members, for example a daughter receiving inheritance from her parents. Income and wealth can affect one another. Higher income allows households to accumulate a greater stock of wealth through saving or buying assets. This higher level of wealth can then lead to a bigger income stream from assets and investments. At low levels of income households may incur debt...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs