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Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...techniques relevant to working with complex interconnected situations have been debated and developed. However, it is essentially about a way of thinking and of seeing the world, and of developing skills to work with complexity. ST skills include Exploring boundaries: Evaluate who and what has been included in and excluded from any analysis of a situation, and why....
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...techniques used to gain trust and obtain the desired result. Video 2 Romance scams Discussion Christine Beining explained that: Scammers usually target vulnerable women (though men can be targeted but less so than women) , using the internet, with money and willing to give it. More specifically, they target people not in existing relationships and looking for love...
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...techniques or strategies used by marketers are highlighted at the start of the animation? Comment The three techniques or strategies are hashtags, games and sponsored tweets. For more about how children in particular are targeted by the food industry you might like to explore the free course ‘Children and young people: food and food marketing’ after finishing this...
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...technique for trying to understand different audiences is a paper ‘role play’. This involves thinking creatively about how different types of people get their information, what they like to read, see or hear, and what their interests are, and then to express this in terms of different characters (Kingham and Coe, 2005, p. 72). Box 1 illustrates this in practice. Box 1...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...techniques can be used to help decide whether you need to divide or multiply when converting, as you’ll see. The common units used for measuring length in the imperial system are inches (in), feet (ft), yards (yd) and miles (mi). These units are listed in increasing order of size. If you haven’t worked in these units before you may not have a good idea of their actual...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...technique of opening up discussion to get input and broad insights needs to be matched with the ability to listen carefully and zoom in to explore points of real interest and use to you as you plan your marketing strategy. There are many videos and tips on conducting focus groups online – what to do and what not to do. If you want to explore more it could be very...
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...techniques from the radio – causing a trend towards the unification of diverse styles. Source C (Sutton): cassette recordings displace live recordings and put musicians out of work; musicians imitate recordings (thus reducing diversity). Source D (Manuel): cassette recording aids diversification of repertoire, and the preservation of archaic, endangered forms. Most...
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...techniques. Alternatively, physical properties can be used to infer particular aspects of a mineral's internal structure. Several physical properties of minerals can be readily observed from hand specimens, and can be used for recognising and distinguishing different minerals...An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope: 1.3.1 Crystal shape -...