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Getting started with Spanish 2
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Getting started with Spanish 2

...double rr. pero but perro dog cero zero cerro hill caro expensive carro cart coro choir corro I run curo I cure curro slang word for 'work' In these pairs the difference in sound and spelling gives a different meaning. Although in general the context would help a listener understand what you mean, you should be aware of the difference and practise these sounds as you come...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...et al., 2011). Figure 2 The footprint as a powerful image of treading on or occupying the Earth. A UK individual’s carbon footprint arises mainly from home energy use and personal travel, including flights, and from consumption of food, goods and services...Environment: treading lightly on the Earth: 1.3 Individual and household carbon footprints - There are different...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...et al. (2020) ‘The identification of sulfide oxidation as a potential metabolism driving primary production on late Noachian Mars’, Sci Rep 10, 10941. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67815-8 Stern, J.C. et al. (2015) ‘Evidence for indigenous nitrogen on Mars’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 112, no. 14, pp. 4245-4250. DOI:...
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Article 10 mins
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...et al., 2022; and Unger Madar and BenDavid-Hadar, 2022). However, it is noteworthy that evaluating the variety of social and academic ‘outcomes’ of home education is challenging. Standardised measures of attainment are not reliable assessment tools because of the bespoke and informal nature of curricula, methods of ‘teaching’ and learning associated with home...
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Article 5 mins
Wellbeing for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing for Work

...et al., 1998, in Lawton-Smith, 2017). Fortunately, resilience is flexible; it is a quality that can be developed and shaped, to help us both at work and at home. Disasters by their nature can negatively affect mental health outcomes with people developing various psychological symptoms. These could be severe stress, feelings of grief and sadness and adjustment problems,...
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Article 10 mins
DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...et al., Chemical Storylines, G. Heinemann Educational Publishers Part of the Salters Advanced Chemistry course, which explores the frontiers of research and the applications of contemporary chemistry. For A level and other science courses aimed at 16 to 19-year olds. Fraser A. and Gilchrist I., Starting Science (Book 1), Oxford University Press Part of an integrated...
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Article 15 mins
One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...et al., 2023; Solano-Flores and Nelson-Barber, 2001). In contrast, a ‘social approach’ emphasises the relational and structural factors influencing learning. It shifts the focus away from trying to change individuals to better fit the system, and towards identifying and addressing barriers within the environment. This approach is underpinned by an understanding of...
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Article 5 mins
Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...et al., 2017, p. 5). Taking an intersectional approach, which centralises issues of culture and race, is key in terms of developing culturally responsive pedagogy. Culture as defined by Sheryl Taylor and Donna Sobel (2001, p. xv) is multifaceted, dynamic, shared, learned, and can be transmitted from generation to generation or group to group. That said, questions to...
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Article 10 mins