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Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...mental right, I suppose I might call it, to value the language that you have and that you’re using and to develop it to a point that you feel confident about it. And I think that that probably captures everything in life, and it puts grammar, really, right at the centre. Interview with Lise Fontaine Discussion The first reason Lise gives for grammar being important is...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...mental health, then training as a clinical psychologist. I specialised chiefly in learning disability where I suppose some of my other interests came together with my practice and my psychological interests to develop a much more social approach, and to focus very much on processes of oppression, liberation, mobilisation, development, and so on. Not individual focus...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...mentally ticking off the ones you’ve already read. Keshav adds that at the end of the first pass, the reader should be able to answer ‘the five Cs’, which are: Category: What type of paper is this? A measurement paper? An analysis of an existing system? A description of a research prototype? Context: Which other papers is it related to? Which theoretical bases were...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...mental or physical strain that painting entails. Instead, his face is a vision of serenity, as if Raphael has translated his own mirrored image into the image of Christ when it was transferred – miraculously and without artistic intervention – onto Veronica’s veil. The artist is poised and the aristocratic gentleman is wearing refined clothes. The sense of idealism...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...mental health on communication. The research in Plymouth shows that there are many children, significant numbers with delayed speech and language skills, and we can make a difference to that. And so the multi-agency work that we’re doing and the fact that I'm working with an education team with the early years advisory teachers, working with the communication...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...mental health issues, challenges in relation to self-motivation and self-organisation particularly in relation to pupils with SEND. The report suggests a number of elements to consider when providing a differentiated learning experience including, video captioning and transcripts, visual support including Makaton (a communication tool which uses signs and symbols to help...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...mental impacts. It creates problems of urban air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. There is also the problem of determining who is the most important urban road user; the private car, public road transport, or cyclists and pedestrians. The ultimate energy service provided by transport energy is mobility. However, there is a fundamental issue of whether or not all of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...mental importance to your success in studying other courses. This course is about the very basic study skills of reading and taking notes. These are basic in the sense that they are the foundation for all successful study. But that does not mean they are simple. If you have no recent experience of reading academic texts you need to re-learn your reading skills. Reading...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs