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Languages

How to learn a language

...du Nord in Paris, a very busy train station, and you're looking for your train which is leaving down to the south of France. Now, you're going to be listening to announcements over the loudspeaker in French. And that can be quite scary if you are not particularly confident in the language and there's lots of noise going on around you. But the way that you approach...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...compositions of investments the returns from different investment funds vary substantially Buying shares in a single company or even holding shares in, say, three companies, can be seen as a risky form of investment. This is because the fortunes of a company, on which its dividends and share price depend, are subject to all sorts of risk. These risks can be broad economic...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...composition drops to 65% by their first birthday. So, what role does water play in our bodies? And how much do we actually need to drink to stay healthy? The H2O in our bodies works to cushion and lubricate joints, regulate temperature, and to nourish the brain and spinal cord. Water isn’t only in our blood. An adult’s brain and heart are almost 3/4 water. That’s...
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Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...composite image shows three icons representing different types of malware, arranged in a triptych.] Figure 6 Types of malware Depending on what the malware does, different terms are used to in relation to malware. For example: ransomware is malware that demands payment in order to refrain from doing some harmful action or to undo the effects of the harmful action spyware...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to adolescent mental health

...composition during development mean that girls accumulate relatively more body fat while boys develop relatively greater muscle mass (Abreu and Kaiser, 2016). Figure 4 summarises the main features of puberty: [Illustration of the male and female bodies.] Figure 4: Physical changes and secondary sexual characteristics that appear during puberty. Activity 2: What body...