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George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...research interests lay within the disciplines of politics and international relations...George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: appreciate and recognise the distinctive language and terminology of Nineteen Eighty-Four understand the historical and political context of Orwell’s writing understand how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...research in Plymouth shows that there are many children, significant numbers with delayed speech and language skills, and we can make a difference to that. And so the multi-agency work that we’re doing and the fact that I'm working with an education team with the early years advisory teachers, working with the communication coordinators, working with the early years...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring books for children: words and pictures
History & The Arts

Exploring books for children: words and pictures

...Research by Edward Salmon (1888) showed that even in the nineteenth century girls were often willing or keen to read books which appear to be intended for boys. Nevertheless, some may still be put off by imagery such as the skull and crossbones above. The visual elements are. in these cases. being used to appeal to particular markets, and thus provide an interpretation of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...Research Council and through collaboration with Prisoners’ Education Trust. It is strongly recommended for the professional development of anyone working in prisons or criminal justice, as well as for prisoners who want to try higher-level learning and to reflect on their educational experiences....Session 1: The origins of prison education: Introduction - The late...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...research, for example, climate models. These models can further engage the public by feeding back to them the results and uses of their data collection through public meetings. The interest in public data collection in China has been facilitated not only by smartphones and the internet, but also by the lack of transparency in the Chinese Government. In 2011, the US...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...research literature makes it clear that dieting is not very effective in the medium or long term as a method of reducing body weight. People find it hard to be compliant with a particular diet, and are also poor at simply recalling what they have eaten. Thus, food diaries are a notoriously inaccurate way of estimating an individual's total food intake. In addition,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...research. So markets can be identified in terms of their consumers and the purposes for which those consumers are buying goods, as well as in the more familiar terms of the goods themselves. Phrases such as ‘the market for medium format cameras’ are common. But a medium format camera might appeal to the serious, and affluent, amateur as well as the professional. It is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...Research awarded the ‘Ig Nobel Prize’ in chemistry to Volkswagen for this elegant method of ‘solving the problem of excessive automobile pollution emissions’. The effect on the ‘green credentials’ of diesel cars has been considerable with calls for them to be banned from many European cities. The scandal has seriously assisted the move from fossil fuelled to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs