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Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...world inadequate intake of food, at least in terms of energy, is not common. Nevertheless, in many parts of the world starvation is a huge issue, and it is estimated that tens of millions of people face starvation, and well over 5 million, mainly children, die each year from inadequate nutrient intake. Importantly, lack of particular nutrients impairs our ability to carry...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...World War, together with its strong focus on the white, male composers included within the Western canon, discouraged further research on women in music until the closing decades of the twentieth century. [Described image] Figure 2 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Two Young Girls at the Piano, 1892, oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Photo: Bridgeman Images...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...world in general and special areas. It includes: (1) bicultural knowledge (about the source and target cultures); (2) encyclopaedic knowledge (about the world in general); (3) subject knowledge (in special areas). Knowledge about translation sub-competence. Predominantly declarative knowledge, both implicit and explicit, about what translation is and aspects of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...World Mental Health Survey Initiative – including Israel and Lebanon, places with ongoing, bloody conflicts – Northern Ireland was the one whose population had the highest rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some 39 per cent of Northern Ireland’s population, she says, have experienced a traumatic event related to the conflict. While suicide rates among...
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Article 15 mins
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...world. Being a member of your subject’s association is an essential part of being a committed teacher of your subject. It enhances your professional status and identity, gives you access to a rich network for professional knowledge, development and enjoyment – and enables the association to continue to exist in order to support and develop good practice for all....
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Article 5 mins
Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...world. The project of knowledge-making is, in part, reliant on questioning and critiquing the status quo (Said, 1994, cited in Russell, 1997). New knowledges and ways of thinking can be significantly advanced when accepted or conventional understandings of the world or a particular phenomenon are challenged or differently conceived. Focusing on crimes of the powerful...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...world in a particular way. Understanding identity, both your own and that of others, involves recognising the aspects of identity that have meaning for the individual and the effects of these on their lives. Our identities include many aspects of who we are and who/what we identify with, and these will change over time. Maybe you have previously thought about your own...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...heritage. It is also for learners who interact directly with Ukrainian refugees, for example by hosting refugees in their homes, and who want to bring what they have found out – their knowledge and experience – to a space where they can engage with like-minded others and can find and provide mutual support and advice. The course has been written by and developed with...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs