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Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the skills required to become a professional translator and what is meant by translation competence have an awareness of what it means to be a professional translator undertake an independent research activity evaluate personal language skills undertake a translation activity...Translation as a career: 1 Translation...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
What is language?
Languages

What is language?

...study. If you want to know more about the function and significance of language, we can particularly recommend the following courses: Or, if you’re looking for a course to develop your skills in a language, these are some of our best options in a wide variety of languages, whether you’re a complete beginner or just a little out of practice: These are our curated top...
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Video 5 mins
Co-design approaches
Science, Maths & Technology

Co-design approaches

...skills, knowledge and other resources that a co-design team has and can use as a basis for further development of a design project. Asset mapping tool Connecting challenges, assets and opportunities This short animation introduces a technique for generating ideas and opportunities for design by unearthing and combining individual and collective challenges and assets....
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Article 5 mins
Investigating ageing
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating ageing

...studied to assess age and ageing. Ageing at the genetic level How the study of nematode worms and mice might be used as a model for lengthening human life. Ageing at the cellular level Why do cells die? Can we stop them, and should we? Ageing at the physiological level Pam and Emma undergo more tests to see how they compare in tests of strength, agility and 'wobbliness'....
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Audio 23 mins
Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...skills and knowledge towards preparing for new work or enhancing a current career journey...The workplace and our society face many current challenging situations. You may have experienced considerable changes to your own working life, whether as an employer or employee, self-employed or business owner, or currently without paid work. However, these challenges also...
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Article 10 mins
The Open University and Children in Scotland learning portal
Education & Development

The Open University and Children in Scotland learning portal

...skills to advance in their careers. The OU offers fully-funded places on these courses multiple times a year. Part-time fee grant - this funding is available for those looking to study an OU module or qualification. It is available to those living in Scotland and having a personal income of £25,000 a year or less. It fully covers the cost of studying either a...
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Article 5 mins
Looking globally: the future of education
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...skills that may be distinctly different to those we can easily imagine today. Education will have to enable young people to be flexible, to quickly and efficiently learn what they need to know, to dismiss fake facts, to think critically and to offer creative solutions for problems that no-one has yet considered. Is education fit for the future in your context? What do you...
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Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...skills. The responsibilities behind the degrees In a typical education scenario, students learn through a number of pedagogical activities and are assessed and receive feedback from teachers. Learning occurs either face-to-face, online, or a mixture of the two, all under the control of an educational institution providing quality, credibility, governance, and...
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Article 5 mins