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Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...public on a forum for other people – usually strangers – to see and read. Equally, you might find it exciting and stimulating to share your thoughts and wait for others’ comments and feedback. You might enjoy the chance to bounce ideas off other people. How comfortable you feel about posting to an online learning forum will be linked to your enthusiasm and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...health improved after drinking Guinness, but nowadays this is attributed to the high iron content of the stout. Pregnant women are now advised not to drink Guinness because of its alcohol content and the dangers of alcohol to the foetus. Can you tell how a beer will taste from its appearance? Taste is dependent on both the ingredients of the beer and the process used to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...health or friendships, it is better to think about the different activities in terms of content, context and the child. Researchers still know very little about the complex relationships between these ‘3Cs’. The issue is therefore not simply about banning technology or allowing free use of screens. The challenge for parents is how best to understand and manage the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...public can see how difficult it is with the change of rule but all we can do is give it our best. “I was coming down the home straight, we were not far away and you can see how close it is. That is encouraging. We will work hard and aim to come back even stronger.” Read at The Guardian: Tearful Lynsey Sharp says rule change makes racing Caster Semenya difficult The...
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Video 10 mins
Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...public sector workers across the country, with bodies unburied and garbage in the streets. Were three one-day strikes over a parking fee dispute at a single city Council really of the same order? For the Gloucester Citizen, it was - a "winter of discontent at the docks", no less. 2000 A new millennium could only mean one thing: "it is not difficult to imagine a...
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Article 5 mins
Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black lives matter in sport too: what is the BAME experience of sport in the UK?

...public funding is utilised for everyone and not just the privileged few. So that every child, no matter who they are, gets an equal chance at participating in sports. In terms of improvement, I want to see more BAME coaches when my sons play their matches, more administrators at local sports clubs and more BAME sporting officials. This is what diversity means rather than...
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Article 15 mins
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...public support (paragraph 4) The section on police complaints (paragraph 14) Again, you might have pinpointed different sections of the article, but the main thing is that you were able to use this technique in order to identify more specific information than had been possible using the scanning approach. Both skimming and scanning generate different kinds of information...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...publication. Do keep this in mind, especially as you may find some examples more accessible than others. The idiom and register of a poem written in the eighteenth century will usually be quite different from one written in the twentieth. Different verse forms are popular at different times: while sonnets have been written for centuries, they were especially fashionable...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs