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All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...world that Twitter is an example of a social media platform. You can consider these as common knowledge because: most people know these things; they are easy to verify by referring to a number of different, easily accessible sources (e.g. a dictionary, encyclopaedia, basic internet search engine query, asking friends, etc.). Anything that has to be looked up in a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...world – it’s even been accepted by non-state entities, such as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), a rebel movement in South Sudan. All UN member states except for the United States have ratified the Convention. The Convention came into force in the UK in 1992. Summary of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...world. More recently, new strains are emerging that are resistant to the more modern antibiotic, vancomycin. VRSA (Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) appeared in 2002. The introduction of a new synthetic antibiotic linezolid in 2000, resulted in resistant strains appearing in 2003. Linezolid is a synthetic antibiotic, that is, it is produced by chemical synthesis...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...world go by and smoke if you want. As in other EU countries, smoking is not permitted inside the bar but is common practice at tables outside. Another role played by the bar is that of a corner shop. Most of them will sell you milk if you run out. The bar-gelateria will sell you ice cream by the litre to take home for a special occasion, while at the bar-pasticceria you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...world and did not interact with other children. Tomos’s parents put his behaviour down to having a reserved personality, and were secretly very pleased with their well-behaved little boy. During a routine health check Tomos was diagnosed as having a hearing impairment and over the past year has undergone various medical tests. He now sees a speech and language therapist...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...world. We have secured this country's economic stability with our plan to reduce the debt and deficit which I think has been completely vindicated by events over the last year on the European continent. What we've got to do now is say look Britain has got to earn its way in the world and we have been cosseted over the last decade by high debts, with cheap finance, with...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...world. Raquel Escuche las entrevistas Raquel a) music: BPM2007 track 16. dur: 00.33 Juan Carlos ¿De dónde es Ud.? Maria De Andalucía, España Juan Carlos ¿Qué monumentos importantes hay en Andalucía? Maria Pues, la Mezquita de Córdoba ... Juan Carlos ¿Qué más hay? Maria También hay la Alhambra Juan Carlos ¿Dónde está la Alhambra? Maria En Granada Juan Carlos...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...world more like the characteristics of the neoclassical model of perfect competition will remove many problems. In particular, promoting competition will make discriminating employers go out of business, and improving information about individual workers would help remove statistical discrimination, so that firms did not need to use stereotypes based on group...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs