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Teaching secondary modern foreign languages
Education & Development

Teaching secondary modern foreign languages

...communication skills and associated strategies but also employability skills and cultural awareness. It also develops their literacy in their own mother tongue, to motivate students to learn languages that’s the challenge. For that MFL teachers need to be enthusiastic about learning, passionate about teaching languages and aware of the main issues in relation to...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...community: hospital fund-raising, a wildlife pond created. The advantages to the community are obvious, but this unit explores how engaging in voluntary work can enhance your employment opportunities. It will focus mainly on how voluntary work can improve job prospects, for those actively job seeking or considering a career change. Employers are impressed by volunteering,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism
Nature & Environment

‘Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Waves’: From fishing patriotism to pragmatism

...communication from the European Commission on state of play of the Common Fisheries Policy showed that 44 stocks (61% of the total North East Atlantic catches of interest to the UK fleet) are at a level which can produce the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), the stated policy objective for all EU stocks by 2020. In the same sea area the average biomass of fish was 35%...
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Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...communities), go even further back. Astrobiology is interested in how ecological communities develop in extreme environments to enable us to draw out some principles for the development of life on other planets, so a long-term ecological perspective is important. It strikes me that if we look for life at the extremes, tardigrades will be among the first species we are...
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Article 10 mins
Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials
Education & Development

Learning Design resources to support embedding sustainability competencies and learning outcomes in course materials

...community. This might spark the following questions: Do you want to ensure that sustainability competencies are woven into the student journey? Are you looking for practical ways to connect learning outcomes to sustainable skills development? Do you want to use student voice to help drive and inform sustainability-focused content design? Are you looking for existing...
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Article 5 mins
Working in the voluntary sector Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...community or society? What are the roles of different types of organisation within the voluntary sector? The concept of role is key to understanding organisations. Many of the topics covered in this course are issues or activities that are relevant to other areas of life beyond a job or formal volunteering. You may have attended a public meeting and asked a question, or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How is the IPCC helping scientists talk about climate change?
Nature & Environment

How is the IPCC helping scientists talk about climate change?

...communicate their climate knowledge more clearly, more concisely and - crucially - more effectively to a wider public. It's produced six simple principles it suggests scientists take into consideration when talking about their work and research to a non-specialist audience. And although aimed at climate scientists, the advice holds good for any scientist looking to engage...
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Video 5 mins
What is the difference between distributive and commutative justice: A one minute guide
History & The Arts

What is the difference between distributive and commutative justice: A one minute guide

...community] [Commutative justice - members of a group are treated equally - for example, by the law] [But each society or group will have its own ideas about what is just or a right, and these ideas will be a source of debate and conflict between and within different groups in society] This basic explanation of how Aritsototle's concepts of distributive justice and...
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