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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
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...research after university in how the human brain perceives things in three dimensions. So I did a doctorate in psychology. But I always wanted to ultimately end up being a lawyer. So I qualified as a barrister, and I practised as a barrister in general common law for several years, from I think 1995 till 2010, when I was lucky enough to be appointed as a full-time judge...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 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
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...research provided in the ‘References’ section at the end of the course to learn more about what spending is included in the definition of ‘moderate’ and ‘minimum’ retirement lifestyles. Looking at how much you need to spend in retirement can be done by listing everything you currently spend: using your receipts and bank statements will help. Then look at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 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
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
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...research, to much more technical methods. In fact, collecting data on the internet has become big business. And the news is often full of data breaches, getting companies into trouble. If you’re going into business yourself, it could be very useful to understand data so you can research who to sell to and put your understanding of handling data to good use. ...Session...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs