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Working in the voluntary sector Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...adults or children, then an interview is extremely likely as well as a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Activity 5 Being interviewed Timing: Allow approximately 5 minutes Imagine you have applied for a role at the charity helping homeless people (as in Activity 4). What questions would you expect to be asked? What questions would you ask? Comment Given that you...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...adults in the USA, Canada and UK: We found that 2.6% of the subjects believe that it is completely true that the government has a secret program that uses airplanes to put harmful chemicals into the air, and 14% of the sample believes that this is partly true. Mercer et al. (2011) Of course, it is not true but it does illustrate that, in a complex area of science like...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...adult books adapted from: Fo Sgail a Swastika: Under the Shadow of the Swastika by Donald J MacDonald , Acair Ltd ( 2000); Essential Gaelic Dictionary – by Boyd Robertsonhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/ Essential-Gaelic-Dictionary-Teach-Yourself/ dp/ 1444103997/ ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312368163&sr=1-1 and Ian MacDonald, Teach Yourself ( 2010); Suthainn Sior by Norma...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...adults and up to 7 mm in younger people, increasing the amount of light entering the eye by a factor of approximately ten times. The expansion of the pupil takes place quite rapidly – typically in a few seconds. If you remain in dark conditions for long enough a second, slower change takes place, this time in the retina, which is the light-sensitive surface inside your...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...in partnership with Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult Learning Wales, Coleg Gwent, the NPTC Group of Colleges and The Open University, and in collaboration with Anna E. Crossland, Middlesbrough College, using materials belonging to the Open School Trust Ltd (trading as the National Extension College), and in partnership with the Bedford College Group and West Herts College....
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...adult and a child at a table on which there is a fish with its bones and head.] Figure 2 A fishy ‘system’...Week 3: Identifying systems of interest: 2 The language of systems - This is not the only definition of a system you will encounter in the literature but most encapsulate these same characteristics in one way or another. A colleague has used this very short...
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Money & Business

Academi Arian MSE

...adults are struggling to keep up with bills and debt’ [Ar-lein]. Ar gael yn: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/ money/ bills/ article-2383414/ Money-Advice-Service-More-half-adults-struggling-bills-debt.html (Cyrchwyd 16 Hydref 2019) Y Sefydliad Polisi Arian ac Iechyd Meddwl (MMHPI) (2016) ‘In control: A consultation on regulating spending during periods of poor mental...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...adult and continuing education, (147), pp. 15–23. Brookfield, S. D. (2017) Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. Ciccone, A. (2019) ‘Learning Matters, Asking Meaningful Questions’ in SoTL Action: Illuminating Critical Moments of Practice. Edited by N. L. Chick, Sterling, Virginia: Stylus Publishing, pp. 15–22. Clarke,...