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The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...adults that they meet. As we progress through the course you will have the opportunity to focus on settings with which you are familiar, as well as The Factory Project – just one example of the range of work with young people. The first part of the course outlines some features that we might use to describe the settings where work with young people takes place. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?
Education & Development

Do challenges make learning more fulfilling - or off-putting?

...adults of various ages, genders and backgrounds their ideas about what ease and difficulty imply. We then asked about 200 of them to perform a complicated cognitive task in which some items were relatively easy to solve and others were quite difficult. We found that the people who performed better on the task were the ones who felt that difficult does not mean impossible...
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Article 5 mins
The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...adult human being, these chromosomes are replicated and equally partitioned between each cell, so that each cell of the adult individual has the same set of chromosomes, the same set of genes - two sets of chromosomes, two copies of each gene. Along the length of DNA in each chromosome are these units called genes, which is why DNA is referred to as the genetic material....
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Article 10 mins
Do independent enterprises really matter?
Money & Business

Do independent enterprises really matter?

...care whether our favourite food and drink is lovingly crafted by the friendly people who run that small but perfectly formed local enterprise? Are sell-offs always a death-knell to independence, in which distinctive products and services are reduced to brand identity, mass-produced and ultimately undermined by the distorted commercial logics of a remote and unaccountable...
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Article 5 mins
What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?

...care funding reforms to grammar schools. Some have gone as far as suggesting that a “zombie parliament” lies ahead, in which no significant legislation is passed before a new election takes place. Negotiations with the DUP have dragged on for much longer than expected, leaving May without a firm commitment from the smaller party to prop up her minority government. And...
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Article 5 mins
How to keep your kidneys healthy
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to keep your kidneys healthy

...care, to minimise the risk of kidney disease...10 March is World Kidney Day! Learn more by exploring www.worldkidneyday.org What are the kidneys and what do they do? [A medical model with detachable organs laid out on a pink background] The kidneys are paired bean-shaped organs located in the lower back region. They have several essential functions, including the removal...
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Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...care. Where requested, the advisor should offer support for new or established home educators: with referrals, in their developing practice, and to access exams through working collaboratively with children, young people and their families. Potential use in practice: Schools can consider and develop their responses to children’s school difficulties and ensure they work...
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Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...careful monitoring of this, evaluate its impact on young people’s desire to read. This article, which explores reading motivation and self-determination theory, also considers classroom consequences linked to supporting all readers, but particularly those who Moss (2000) coined as ‘can but don’t read’ pupils – the disengaged. But first let’s turn to our goals...
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Article 5 mins