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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,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 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...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
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...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 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...
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Article 10 mins
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...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: dechrau yn y gweithle
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: dechrau yn y gweithle

...Change’, Management Services, 34(7), 6-10. Baruch, Y. (2000), ‘Teleworking: Benefits and Pitfalls As Perceived by Professionals and Managers’, New Technology, Work and Employment, 15, 1, 34–49. Business News Daily (2022) 10 LinkedIn Alternatives for Job Seekers [online]. Ar gael yn: https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/ 8218-networking-sites-job-seekers.html...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Using visualisation in maths teaching
Education & Development

Using visualisation in maths teaching

...change. Four operations. Ratio; sharing and mixing. Adding – climbing up; subtraction – falling down. Fractions – imagine an object divided up. Imagine a number line. Fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, four rules of number, solving problems. Can this work have a place within the National Curriculum? It should because it makes learning fun and memorable and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...changes altered the pharmacological properties. As in all areas of medicinal chemistry, modern techniques such as genomics, proteomics, X-ray crystallography and molecular modelling have served to provide new insights into how the steroids interact with receptors and enzymes, and to design new drugs based on that understanding. Steroids are defined as having a particular...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs