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Get ready for beginners’ French

...changed my brain. It did something to it. It changed my neural pathways. ON-SCREEN TEXT 70% of business owners have no foreign language skills. (Source: British Chamber of Commerce) [PHONE RINGING] DAVID GARRIDO (occupation: Sky Sports News Presenter) There are so many advantages to speaking languages. In my job, we use it to speak to foreign clubs, foreign players, check...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...changes in chromosome number that each process brings about, is shown in outline in Figure 3. This figure represents a hypothetical organism with only four chromosomes, that is, two pairs of homologous chromosomes — one long pair and one short pair — as shown for each of the parents in the first row in the figure. The chromosomes of the female parent (maternal...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...changed. Internal company or organisation reports These may be useful in a few situations but should be used sparingly, particularly if they are not readily available to the wider community of researchers. They will also not have been through a process of academic review. Such unpublished or semi-published reports are collectively called ‘grey literature’. Manuals and...
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...changes to the implementation of the scheme? Again, you probably got some similar points and questions to us, missed others but included additional ones of your own. What is important is not that our notes are identical, but that (a) you used the technique of focused reading in order to successfully extract the main points of the article in a way that makes sense to you,...
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...changing profession and translators have to be prepared to pick up new skills and offer new services such as transcription, copywriting and post-editing. Organisational skills: Translation is a very deadline-driven profession. You need to be able to meet deadlines and organise your time effectively. Initiative is important, too. Writing skills: This is extremely...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...changes as we go on. I said that consciousness can seem elusive and mysterious and I want to use the rest of this section to illustrate some aspects of this. Activity 5 Look again at Reading 1, especially paragraphs 1–7. Chalmers highlights two ways in which consciousness seems mysterious. What are they? Discussion One point Chalmers mentions several times is that the...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Nine days' wonder in York
History & The Arts

Nine days' wonder in York

...change, not unpicturesque, into prisons for unluckier criminals, and the Assize Courts for their condemnation. From time to time the wall left off, and then we got down, perforce, and walked to the next piece of it. In these pieces we made the most of the old gates, especially Walmgate Bar, which has a barbican. I should be at a loss to say why the barbican should have...
Understanding PCSO powers
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding PCSO powers

...changed in recent years and so too have the roles within police services. Some aspects of policing, such as community policing, are no longer the sole responsibility of warranted police officers. For almost 20 years, police officers have been supported in their role by police community support officers (PCSOs). In 2002, the role of the PCSO was introduced by way of...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs