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Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...changed in any way. Discussion Don't be despondent if some of your responses are negative. It's the aim of this course to turn those negatives into positives. In a few months’ time, you should be able to look back on these initial responses and feel that you have made progress. Do any of the following relate to your own circumstances? It's a very long time since I've...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...change and development. This free course helps practitioners to understand these changes and explore how they can support babies and toddlers in early childhood settings. This course draws on research and expertise from early childhood academics at The Open University and professionals at Early Years Wales...The first two years of a child’s life are a time of incredible...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...change in culture is needed, in which teachers and politicians recognise that we don’t necessarily ‘know’ what works best – we need evidence that something works teachers need better access to the outcomes of research teachers need to understand how research works so that they can become critical consumers teachers need access to networks where they can engage...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...change as you move through life. Worldview can be both personal and organised. It is your attitudes and deeply held beliefs. It shapes how you live. It’s important to think about your own worldview. Where do you think truth lies? What about the worldviews of those around you? Do you understand them? They may not be as similar to yours as you expect. Or, perhaps, your...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...change can you identify with nineteenth century concerns with education for citizenship? Finally, what points are made about the implications for welfare provision, of thinking of children as active citizens rather than future citizens? Children's rights part 1 (10.5 minutes 5 MB) Esther Saraga This tape is intended to add to the issues raised in the TV programme on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...change. Discussion This is intended to raise your awareness of how you respond to the doping in sport issue. The above initial impressions may be derived from why you think people dope and why you think it is a problem in sport. In the next part of the activity you will explore your perspective further, since it is interesting to explore your perspective further and see...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
MSE’s Academy of Money Badge icon
Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...change regularly. In 2024/25 there is a lower income threshold of £12,570 per year and an upper earnings limit of £50,270. On income between these limits, employees’ National Insurance is generally levied at 8%. If you earn more than £50,270, you pay NICs at 2% above that. Table 1 Bands for Class 1 NICs in 2024/25 RATE 0% £0–£12,570 0% 12% £12,570–£50,270 8%...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...changed tissues. These techniques have become some of the most important weapons in our fight against disease. When considering drugs used for the treatment of disease, your first thoughts might lean towards treatments involving organic compounds. But metals and their compounds have been used for medical applications since ancient times. The use of metal-containing drugs...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs