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Sounds of environmental change
Society, Politics & Law

Sounds of environmental change

...Children and dogs play on Bream Cove Waves from the cliffs, Beagle's Point Sound of seagull flying over Harwich beach, Essex The composer and sound recordist R. Murray Schafer developed a way of categorising sounds and you may recognise some of the sounds presented here as what he called ‘Keynote Sounds’, which exist in the background and are not normally noticed...
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On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
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On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...children and killed many other thousands, but it couldn’t crush a nation of grimly determined people. The governments of P. W. Botha and F. W. de Klerk were forced to the negotiating table, the ANC was unbanned and Nelson Mandela, now the symbol of the liberation struggle, was freed. The prisoner became the president. Our part in this struggle was small but heartfelt....
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Advancing Black leadership

...research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) the pattern between 2009-2019 was of the cost of rail growing roughly twice as much as people’s earnings (TUC, 2019a). The TUC also showed in 2019 that the shareholders of rail companies in the UK were paid dividends of more than £1bn between 2013-2019, while passengers in the UK paid a far greater percentage of their monthly...
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Succeed in the workplace

...research into the kind of errors which tend to be made. This has resulted in some important insights for candidates: First impressions matter and the first answers you give are critical. This is because interviewers tend to form a view about candidates within the first four minutes, and might discount any other information that counters this. Negative information about a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
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An introduction to crime and criminology

...children do it. You know, it's not the case. I think in time and hopefully in my lifetime, graffiti may be considered in that light. [MUSIC PLAYING] Video 1 Graffiti: art or vandalism? What do you think? Should graffiti always be a crime? If not, under what conditions wouldn’t it be? Discussion Acts of graffiti or what is generally now referred to as graffiti have...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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Take your teaching online

...research, and understand the ideas and tools that shape how we teach and learn online. You will also learn useful methods that will guide you to test out these new ideas in your own practice...Online learning is now found in every area of education, from schools to skills training. More people than ever learn through online courses. Even where teaching is primarily...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Planning a better future
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Planning a better future

...children and so on, to show the high and low points at different times of your life. [Described image] Figure 1 An example of a lifeline For some people, the lifeline exercise can result in a lot of emotions coming to the surface as you review your experiences. You may find it useful to talk through any difficult feelings that arise with someone you trust. Part 2 When...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs