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‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...solid asset. NARRATOR: Buyers have been keen to invest, in part because they’ve spotted the gap that’s been growing between the price of agricultural land and what’s classed as development land, generally used for building housing or commercial properties. CHRISTOPHER MILES: Land prices were pretty level for many years, up to around about 2005. When the rest of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...solid. Rather, it is a thin layer of hot gaseous material, about 500 kilometres deep, with an average temperature of about 5500 °C or 5800 K. Figure 8a shows a visible light image of the Sun. Sunspots (Figure 8b) appear as small dark patches on the photosphere, which typically survive for a week or so, and sometimes for many weeks. The longer-lasting sunspots can be...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...solid English background, I could put together the basic vocabulary and, without this, my understanding and learning of the Structural Engineering concepts and syllabus would have been impossible. After receiving my Masters degree in 1992, I found a good position at the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering in Tehran, Iran. After 14 years I was returning with...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...solid skills base. Critical analysis recognises multiple perspectives in which knowledge, evidence, policies and practice are critically evaluated. Being able to take action in this sense is supported by a reflexive stance to practice, another element of critical practice noted in Figure 1. There are different ways of understanding reflexivity, but in this context it can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...solid foundation for literacy in the L1 has been attained. Activity 2 Timing: Allow 10 minutes In order to understand the relationship between language, literacy and learning, take a moment to think about the advice given by researchers of bilingual education. Why do you think it is important for a child to develop their literacy in the first language before being taught...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...solid foundation. An important part of this solid foundation is a recognition that we inquire not only using our head, through thinking and writing, but with our whole bodies, with emotional and physical reactions which are key to understanding our experiences, as you will explore in the next section...Session 1: What do we mean by inquiry?: 4.3 Appreciative embodied...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...solid relationship built on trust, in which you provide a safe environment for learning and risk-taking in the initial stages (Lofthouse, 2018). Take care not to overwhelm your beginner teacher with too much feedback in the early stages, or to make it too critical: focus on what they can do and on giving a few clear targets that they can achieve...Week 1: What does it...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...liquid Activity 3 Timing: (Allow 15 minutes) Using search engines or other resources, name two other areas of forensic science and write a short paragraph describing each. If you would like to know more about some of the other forensic science disciplines, the book Crime Scene to Court (White, 2016) provides a good overview of many of them. Activity 4 Timing: (Allow 30...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs