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A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...out professional principles, managing relationships, and the responsibilities of coaches and instructors in fostering trust, integrity, and character development...This free course, A question of ethics: right or wrong?, discusses ethical and professional principles in sport and fitness environments. Working closely with individuals and developing relationships is an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...out in the family (in contrast to the formal care provided by hospitals and health centres). The course will examine the changing demands on families who care for one another during illness – for example, when a family member is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Finally the course considers 'young carers': those children who take on the major responsibility of caring...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...out a confusing lesson on grammar. How many of the questions would you have got right? (Just give an answer based upon your immediate impression, it's not a test!) ‘An A to Z of English’ – Michael Rosen extract (50 seconds) Teacher ‘A noun is a naming word. What is the naming word in the sentence: “He named the ship Lusitania ”?’ ‘Named’, said George....
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...out of contention at the preclinical evaluation stage. Success in Phase 1 clinical trials, establishes the tolerability and safety of the compound, and is followed by Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials in which efficacy against the target disease is sought. When these data have been collated, analysed and reviewed by regulatory authorities, the permission to market the...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...out the general arguments, set them down and reach a considered judgement based on your understanding and interpretation of the issues. You are setting out to answer the question: do we need nuclear energy? You may want to construct your arguments under different headings. The following are suggested: safety security economics environment radioactive waste management...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...out monitoring and evaluating to see whether those aims, objectives and priorities are being achieved. Each governing body will carry out its role in a manner best suited to the needs of the individual school and its pupils. However, governing bodies share some things in common, such as: the need to create statutory committees and statutory policies legal responsibilities...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...out, against all expectation, a very fine day. A perfect summer afternoon. (Between the Acts, p.70) Woolf referred to Between the Acts as her ‘trip thro’ English lit. book’ (Bell, 1984, p.329) and it is through the pageant that this really becomes evident. It begins with a small child declaring ‘England am I’ (p.70) and the scenes that follow establish a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...out through a large hole at the top. Some have a stalk (Figure 1a), others are encrusting and irregular in shape. Sponges feed by filtering off minute organic particles from the water. Sponges are locally abundant fossils, especially in Cretaceous rocks, where they are very commonly enclosed in flint nodules in the Chalk. Cnidaria (pronounced with a silent 'C':...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs