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Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...become visible (because they have condensed) and it is during mitosis that chromosome number, size and shape can be most easily studied. Every species has a particular number of chromosomes, each with a characteristic size and shape. For example, chimpanzee cells have 48 chromosomes, turkey cells have 82, and the cells of some species of ferns have over 1000 chromosomes!...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...becoming ever more linguistically and culturally diverse is also relevant to other countries, including those of Western Europe. This means that many of the issues raised in the video have a global relevance, even if the specific nature of each national context is different in some way to the American context...Introducing healthcare improvement: Conclusion - This...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...become the most spoken language in the world without being influenced by the other languages that it has come into contact with. This contact – the result of population movements, invasions, colonialism, and now global communications – has left an imprint on what English looks like in the twenty-first century. Table 1 shows just some examples of words that have been...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...become markers for them to follow. Other marker words include: on the one hand on the other hand whereas nevertheless even so however therefore. Activity 18 Identifying markers and signposts Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Listen carefully to the audio, which is a conversation between a doctor and a patient called Lorna. Pause it when you hear either of the speakers using...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...become irritated and lose interest if they are given difficult and jargonistic material. We identified that most of the online information linked to the Fitness to Practice of 13 regulators is inaccessible to those with limited literacy skills. If the public does not express concerns to regulators, changing poor practice in health and social care will be impossible. We...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...become a signifier of an invented Scotland of mountain scenery, castles and tartan. It is closely tied to the evocative tale of Bonnie Prince Charlie, his epic defeat and the legends and stories surrounding his flight. Along with the Clearances, Culloden has done much to contribute to a lack of rootedness that has haunted the descendents of these Highlanders and has...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...become engaged with the artefact? Presumably the answer lies in its prestige value or aesthetic qualities. We could visit the British Museum to see it ourselves, or to observe other people encountering it and see what effect it has on them...Looking at, describing and identifying objects: Does the netsuke have a meaning? - This question takes us beyond just studying the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...become clear that within secondary schools the best approach to tackling bullying within a school is from the children up. But there is a lot of hesitation about extending that into primary schools because many people feel that children aren’t capable of having these kinds of discussions and of producing rules for themselves and it was really encouraging to see in this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr