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English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...adults or children? You will need to first select the relevant section. To answer questions 1 and 2, look for numbers and percentages. To answer questions 3 and 4 look for specific words. Answer To answer these questions successfully you needed to look for numbers and percentages as well as words describing diseases and the words adult and child. 100 million [P3]. 35%...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...adults in England, even though it could transform the lives of many.) There is a widespread perception that narcolepsy is a rare disorder with a small market, so any pharmaceutical research and development in this area would be unlikely to reap a significant return. This ignores the fact that narcolepsy is probably undiagnosed in many people, and that someone who develops...
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Article 15 mins
Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War

...adult life as an intellectual to decontaminating German history, to overcoming the horrific legacy of Nazi criminality – and that’s where I think the story starts to go awry. I mean the 1912 war council is not a council at which war was planned, or its timing was established, and I’m afraid the most powerful statement about this council is one which was unearthed...
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Legal skills and debates in Scotland Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...adult, regardless of income, was considered unfair by many and led to social unrest. [A group of people protesting the Poll Tax in a Scottish street] Figure 10A group of people protesting the Poll Tax in a Scottish street...Week 1: What is law?: 4.2 Formal justice - This is concerned that the legal principles are applied in a way which is fair. This invariably involves...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Forensic psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...adult life, whilst the real perpetrator walked free. Jerry Miller's case was the 200th case the US Innocence Project successfully appealed using DNA evidence. Eyewitness identifications played a role in 77 per cent of these wrongful convictions. Discussion Reflect on how you did in the task and think about the implications for how your memory works. Do you think a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...adults with learning disabilities between the ages of 18 and 64 live with their families, for example over 30% in England and Scotland and over 50% in Wales (NHS Digital, 2022; StatWales, 2023; SCLD, 2019). The numbers of people living with their family carers as they reach older age is increasing, and this has implications for both the person, and their carers that need...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...adult learners from the beginning should be taken as seriously as teaching grammar and vocabulary. Learning the basics of pronunciation through phonics, students will not only learn to speak more comfortably and confidently, but this will enhance their communicative skills in general: production, perception and interaction. Reference: Underhill, A. (2010) Four reasons to...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...adults. Part 2 You could consider asking a learner to create a video. In it they might demonstrate their ability to apply a skill; or the learner might record themselves having a conversation with another learner in which they explain a topic to them in their own words. Consider whether this could be used as evidence of understanding. Write your comments in the box...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs