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Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...free course, Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work, is for you. Whether you are employed as a policy officer or carrying out voluntary work, this course will explain how to present clear and effective evidence to support your proposals. It will explain how to design, carry out and present research to support your policy project...How can you effectively...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...free course, Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing, addresses some of the most important decisions that households must make: buy or rent? Why is housing viewed as a safe investment? Are house prices too high? How can we tell and what makes them change? This free course can help you with your own housing decisions, as well as understand the politics that often...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...free course, Supporting physical development in early childhood, you will learn how to ensure young children do enough physical activity and how it improves child mental and physical health development. As you explore the holistic health and developmental benefits of physical activity, you’ll learn low cost, effective ways of ensuring babies and young children meet the...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...free course explores translation as a career. During the course you will meet professional translators discussing their work and reflect on what they say. You will assess your own language level and find out how translators maintain their language skills. You will also engage in a short translation activity....Translation as a career: Introduction - This free course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...free course, Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations, will help you to reflect on and develop collaborative leadership practices that will make a difference. The course is aimed at people who work within voluntary organisations as paid staff or as volunteers or for people who work regularly with voluntary organisations, such as public sector staff or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Principles and practices of peace education
Education & Development

Principles and practices of peace education

...free course: Course Image: Courtesy Quakers in Britain, www.quaker.org.uk Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...free course, Teaching the First World War, is designed for history teachers and their pupils. It provides a wide range of visual, textual and oral sources to enrich the teaching of the First World War. It covers familiar and less familiar aspects of the history of the First World War, ranging from the debate on the origins of the war and propaganda to non-European...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A trip to Brighton
History & The Arts

A trip to Brighton

...free course sample: The design and construction of Brighton Pavilion The design of the Pavilion was heavily influenced by the poetry and beliefs of the Romantic movement. Explore the other legacies of the Romantics During the First World War, the Pavilion became a hospital for the troops, as Jeremy Paxman learned Find out more about Jeremy Paxman's series on the Great War...
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