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Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...asylum (Crone, 2012). Moral, secular tracts were added to prison libraries, as were educational works which could expand upon the subjects taught in the schoolroom, such as history, geography and mathematics. Additions at some prisons also included books on natural history (studies of wildlife and plants), practical works to assist with learning a new trade or skills for...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...asylum, the Royal Earlswood Asylum for Idiots was opened. The aim of the early asylums was to train and educate people with learning disabilities. The queen's cousins, Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon lived in the Royal Earlswood hidden away. It was here also that John Langdon Down first described the condition that is now known as Down syndrome. From the beginning of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...refugee protection. Consequently, each issue area can significantly affect others. For instance, military interventions may destabilise regions, impacting trade and human rights, while environmental crises like deforestation and pollution affect resource availability and can increase the risk of conflict...Introducing International Relations: 2.3 Debates in international...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...seeker or already in work. Watch this video, where Rebecca, a recruitment specialist, shares her thoughts on the importance of written communication in the workplace from an employer’s perspective. REBECCA FIELDING There are most jobs now that you would need to apply for where you'd need to use some form of app to communicate either your hours or what you're working on,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...asylums. While public protests critical of state policy were not feasible in countries such as the Soviet Union, they thrived in liberal democracies such as the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) resorted to a range of means to counter the anti-nuclear movement in Britain, whose anti-nuclear demonstrations...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...refugee camps. My cousin, Polle, died because he could not get adequate health care. One of my closest friends, Okoloma, died in a plane crash because our fire trucks did not have water. I grew up under repressive military governments that devalued education so that sometimes, my parents were not paid their salaries. And so as a child, I saw jam disappear from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Internships and other work experiences Badge icon
Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...asylum seekers. He has been interpreting and liaising with local authorities on each individual’s behalf. There are only three people doing this work and he is the least experienced. He is often left to solve any problems that arise, although he can call on the more experienced members of the team if he needs them. Discussion Hopefully, despite their very different...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...Refugee"? Oh look, at the end there's information about the poets, 77 to 81. Well, let's look at that later and read one of the poems now. Why don't we start with the title poem, OK? Page one, then, I think. Here we go. "The Same Inside," by Liz Brownlee. Red perfumed apples and crunchy crisp green, used straight from the tree or in a tasty cuisine, like honey nut...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs