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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...central significance in the functioning of an organisation they have been studied intensively, and much has been written about group processes. In this reading it would be inappropriate to attempt to review this vast literature, which covers an enormous range of topics and aspects of groups. Instead, I focus attention here on two particular aspects of groups. First, I...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...Central heating parts are bought by the plumber. But for each part of this chain, every person or organisation involved up until the final user will consider themselves to have suppliers of raw materials and consumers of their products. Exercise 1 All products require raw materials in some form. Identify the raw materials for the following processes: think in terms of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...central to each culture or society. Verbalising ideas, beliefs and values helps to unite individuals into groups. You can study how this grouping is achieved, and thereby learn to understand how others see the world...Week 1: Thinking about culture and communication: 1 Reflecting on culture - The term ‘culture’ carries many different meanings and is understood in...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...central claim was that the arts they practised were ‘liberal’ or intellectual rather than ‘mechanical’ or practical. After 1600, academies of art were founded in cities throughout Europe, including Paris (1648) and London (1768). Most offered training in architecture as well as in painting and sculpture. A decisive shift took place in the mid eighteenth century,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...central proposition of Childhood and Youth Studies and is based on almost a century of international legislation. In 1924, the first ever international children’s rights treaty, The Declaration of Geneva, was adopted by the League of Nations (the precursor to the United Nations). It was written by the founder of the Save the Children Fund, Eglantyne Jebb, who argued...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...central point, forming a globular (i.e. spherical) aggregate. Aggregates may also be, for example, fibrous, columnar or dendritic (clusters of crystals in fern-like branches). When crystals grow together in a solid mass, in which individual crystals cannot clearly be seen, aggregates are described as massive...Minerals and the crystalline state: 3.2 Colour - The colour of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...central to effective student teacher learning is the attitude and approach of the student themselves. This will be influenced by the nature of the ITE course (i.e the paradigm or approach that underpins it, the route, level or qualification) but also the opportunities afforded to the students to take responsibility for their own learning...Learning to teach: making sense...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...central), two characters ( 中国 zhōng guó , China) or three characters ( 中国人 zhōng guó rén , Chinese person/people). In Chinese texts, there is no spacing between characters. Traditionally there was no punctuation either, but this has since been adopted. There is no obvious correlation between how characters are written and how they are pronounced. For example...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs