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Questions in science
Science, Maths & Technology

Questions in science

...thinking about why you might want to study science, that is what has inspired you to get this far. This video shows four scientists who were involved in creating the taster blocks in this course discussing what inspired them to study science. Topics include: What are waves? is a taster of physics with some biology thrown in! It has been adapted from a topic called Are...
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Article 5 mins
Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach
History & The Arts

Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach

...thinking about religious literacy is the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K–12 Public Schools in the United States (Moore, 2010). The AAR’s guidelines define religious literacy as ‘the ability to discern and analyse the intersections of religion with social, political, and cultural life’ (p. 4), stating that, in the...
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Video 10 mins
The history of Halloween
History & The Arts

The history of Halloween

...think Halloween provides an example of something that both Christians and Pagans can and do celebrate, let’s first be clear about some historical facts. Medieval sources make it certain that the 31st October and the 1st November were important festive occasions in Ireland and Wales. In Ireland the festival was known as “Samhain”, in Wales it was called “Calan...
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Effective note taking
Education & Development

Effective note taking

...think about how you can use them, perhaps in combination with linear notes. Mind map - A mind map, also known as a spider-gram, is a diagram in which ideas are linked to each other by lines, usually starting from the middle and working outwards. Although it can be used at any time, it is best when there is one main topic Flow chart - Useful if you want to show a process...
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Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...systems, information has become the life blood of the modern world. Given its importance, modern organisations aren’t always as careful as they could be with it. Whether it’s their customer details, details of their business transactions or their intellectual property, information is – almost casually – shared when it shouldn’t be. In this free course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...think we should be quite stirred by his dignity and determination. On the other hand he is far lower than the three establishment figures on the rostrum and seems to be pleading with them. We have a full view of their contemptuous faces, the officer, the teacher in his academic robes, the bloated industrialist, they are probably all serving in the house of Commons or the...
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The First World War continues: Medina, Arabia, January 1919
History & The Arts

The First World War continues: Medina, Arabia, January 1919

...think of the First World War, you may think of the Western Front or the dates 1914 - 1918, but did you know that this truly global war was still being fought in 1919 in the Middle East? Dr John Slight explains...[Fakhri Pasha (Fahreddin Pasa), Commander of the Ottoman garrison at Medina, 1916-1919] Fakhri Pasha (Fahreddin Pasa), Commander of the Ottoman garrison at...
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Article 15 mins
Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social work: Effective practice with substance abusing parents

...thinking creatively about which professionals in the child’s network might be best placed to achieve this. This raises a number of key issues - how far will loyalty to parents or fear of talking inhibit children? Will older children be more reluctant to disclose what they see, hear, feel and experience than younger children? Key points in working with children in these...
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Video 10 mins