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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course could encourage you to think about taking other courses...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read each session of the course score 50% or more in the two badge quizzes in Session 3 and Session 6 For all the quizzes,...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Communication in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication in health and social care

...elderly residents. The scenes analyse residential care from multiple viewpoints. Cope in such an intense emotional environment? The casualty ward of any hospital is a place of extreme emotion for patients and staff alike. Three A Skills in action Service users and care workers highlight the ways in which specific communication skills can develop performance and recovery....
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Audio 2 hrs 30 mins
A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...Skills. The Met gets its income through providing a range of specialised forecasts, for example on behalf of the aviation and insurance industries, but the BBC contract remains a key part of its work. At a time when government is reducing spending, it is natural that the Met Office should seek to maximise income and the BBC should seek to cut costs, leading to the current...
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Article 5 mins
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...skills necessary for better understanding and interacting with religiously-motivated people in today’s world. It will explore some religious places and practices and will give more confidence to interact with contemporary religious diversity in an informed way...Religion is not necessarily what you think it is! This free course, Religious diversity: rethinking religion,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...study or as a basis for CPD with a larger group. It introduces layers of peace education for children and young people, including inner-peace and wellbeing; interpersonal peace through positive relationships and constructive approaches to conflict; and critical thinking about the world beyond the classroom. The course introduces theories and practice of peace education...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...skills a key part of Citizenship may do less for social cohesion than supporters of the idea believe...[Peter Dutton] Peter Dutton, Australia's Minister for Immigration Like many other Western countries, Australia is currently grappling with the global wave of refugees, together with the threat of terrorism. Although the Australian government has managed a very successful...
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Article 5 mins
Starting with Maths
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with Maths

...studying makes them feel ‘on top of the world’. This material forms part of the course: Y162 Starting with maths... Starting with Maths A short introduction to this album. A brief history of numbers Starting in Africa 20,000 years ago, trace the history of numbers through time, including Egyptian use of fractions and the problems of Roman numerals. Today numbers help...
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Audio 52 mins
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...study mathematics beyond compulsory age. Mathematics is a creative discipline although it’s sometimes talked about as if it’s not. As you study you will consider how you engage and motivate your pupils by presenting mathematics as something they can use to solve problems and to create models of reality that can be worked with. I know that you will find it interesting....
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs