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Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?
Science, Maths & Technology

Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?

...out, it is hard to make predictions, especially about the future. Hamza Bendemra Research engineer, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University Flight vehicles are mostly represented in the form of flying cars – as opposed to commercial aircraft – in Back to the Future II. Looking forward to 2045, commercial aviation is likely to have...
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Article 5 mins
Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children
Education & Development

Mothering at the Margins: Amplifying and validating the voices of Black mothers of autistic children

...out of the informality and authenticity of friendship, we had distilled our research interests into a deceptively straightforward question: ‘what is it like to be a Black mother raising an autistic child in the UK’? At its core, this is a query rooted in intersectionality. From our own experiences, we knew that the challenges facing any parent-advocate are relentless...
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Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...out in the dark mornings in all weathers to collect eggs or milk cows. Sheila joins the local school and, at first, she is a source of curiosity to the other children who can’t understand her different accent but try to include her in playtime. However, Sheila is so miserable that she finds it difficult to respond to their attempts to include her, so the other children...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...out methods of giving, moving them from casual street donations to regular direct debit giving?...Legacy fundraising and big-gift seeking are part of the professional fundraiser's role. This free course, Building relationships with donors, will help you to gain the skills necessary to persuade individuals to become donors. How do you change people's ideas about methods of...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...out support work. The recruitment of paid assistants and volunteers has brought into schools a range of adults in addition to qualified teachers, with much to offer children. Their work enhances children’s experience of learning in school. This course aims to reflect this diversity and to encourage you to think about your part in the many roles that teaching assistants...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...out the sociocultural linguistic approach (SCLA) to language learning and learning more generally. This is an approach which emphasises the inextricability of language and learning. Another feature that characterises this approach is its emphasis on learning through social interaction, in contrast to an exclusive focus of learning as a mental and cognitive process. Figure...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...out how those problems might be solved. Being able to see problems from a range of different viewpoints and then distilling these is an important skill for the designer. Design is not simply solving a problem – it is about selecting and framing the right problems. The best design goes beyond simple problem solving and creates something new...An introduction to design...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...out of the ashes of the Second World War, continues to expand in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Despite the EU's growing size and significance, the question 'What is Europe?' still resonates through the continent. This free course looks at a range of different views on the question, contrasting different conceptions of Europeanness and outlining competing...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs