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Emotional intelligence for translators
Languages

Emotional intelligence for translators

...2-hour short course aimed at translators at various stages of their careers who are interested in developing their emotional intelligence skills and are working freelance, in-house, or in the voluntary sector. It may also be of interest to interpreters or other linguists. Emotion management for translators is a substantial 18-hour training package that can be licensed out...
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Describing language Badge icon
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Describing language

...2 Beginning to learn about language Timing: This activity should take around 10 minutes Now you’ve considered your own ideas about what language is, watch this short video and note down what it includes in its definition of language. Does anything that is included in the video surprise you? Why do you think that is? Narrator What is language? Language is one of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...2), I'll be concerned with how the energy contained within foodstuffs passes between different organisms, between prey and predator for example, and what this process reveals about the interactions and interdependencies between organisms with different diets, mammals included. Such issues are central to the branch of biology known as ecology; ecological ideas are...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...2 Your views - You’ll start by doing a quick check on your views on restoration before doing the course. At the end, you will be linked back to this and you will be able to consider whether your views have changed. Answer the questions in the activity below. Although the issues are complicated, try to keep your answers simple (a sentence or two, or simply ‘yes’ or...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...2 minutes Select the answer for Activity 1.1 Concrete here Concrete is a building material that has been used since pre-Roman times. It is a mixture of sand and gravel held in a matrix of cement. Sound familiar? It should do, but which type of naturally occurring rock does concrete resemble? sedimentary rock metamorphic rock igneous rock a. sedimentary rock b. metamorphic...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions

...2 dataset (Fretwell et al., 2013) compiled from different observations with labels of important locations. The proposed new mechanism is called Marine Ice Cliff Instability (MICI), not to be confused with the established Marine Ice Sheet Instability (MISI) which are both positive feedback loops (science slang for a self-sustained process: if the result is undesired, as in...
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Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics
Science, Maths & Technology

Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics

...2 Plastic Christmas Lantern with Model Candle and Holly Sprig (MoDiP, 2024) Bio-sourced plastics are more sustainable than fossil fuel-derived plastics since they are derived from renewable resources including corn, sugarcane, algae, or waste biomass. Consequently, bioplastics help reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, significantly reducing our environmental footprint....
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Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...2), referring to various Latin American inter-disciplinary network cultures characterised by “a de-centring politic, less concerned with a replication of its own ‘centres’” (p. 3). However, I remain somewhat undecided about the need to commit to decentring per se, being more concerned with decentring Eurocentrism cum West-centrism cum core-centrism. On my reading...
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