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Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...perceptions others may have of your society. Activity 13 Writing a play Timing: You should allow 40 minutes For this activity, you are going to be writing a short play, based on one of three scenarios. Pick a language you are happy using, and use any resources that you think might be useful – websites, dictionaries, books, friends and family. The important thing is that...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...perceptions of who were the critical outsiders and major antagonists. For much of the early period the realm of Christian faith had been based on Constantinople and the eastern part of the Roman Empire rather than on the distant reaches of the west and north. The empire had already been divided into two parts for ease of administration in the third century AD as Goths and...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...perceptions and definitions of art across history understand the relationship between ‘art’ and visual culture understand the global dimension of art and how it has changed over time understand the significance of notions of ‘function’ and ‘autonomy’ for art history understand the role of patronage, institutions and the wider historical context in shaping...
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...perceptions of creativity. The ten myths Burkus discusses are outlined in Table 1 below. Table 1 The ten myths of creativity MYTH TRUTH EUREKA MYTH Creative insights happen in a flash. The creative process requires a time of incubation, where ideas and relevant knowledge linger in the subconscious. Sometimes the ideas connect suddenly, seemingly in a flash, but more often...
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...perceptions and influenced national identity through the World Cup...Session 3: The World Cup and national identity: 5 Summary of Session 3 - Having completed the third session, you should now have a better understanding of how national identity impacts the tournament, particularly in relation to the competing nations. The main learning points are: The concepts of...
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...perceptions and behaviour, and at the same time help to shape policy and practice...Young people’s wellbeing: 2 Frameworks for understanding young people's wellbeing - In Section 1, you explored some of the images and discourses about young people's health currently in circulation. But what assumptions are being made in these stories about what it means for a young...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...perceptions of sensation (such as feeling something is warm or seeing colour or hearing sounds) can be represented so that a computer can do something with them...An introduction to data and information in health and social care: 3.1 Human beings, data, signs and symbols - We live in a sea of sensation: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell and balance (really a sense of our...
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...perception changes as you progress through this unit. We will meet the concept of risk in various sections and it will be dealt with from different perspectives by different authors. However, for the present, we can consider the following definitions. First, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary has the following definitions: Risk Hazard, danger, exposure to mischance or...