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Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...central and southern England in words such as for, farm, car, cart, potter, and so on. This change is gradually spreading through the dialects of English, as younger speakers in the north adopt pronunciations without r. Audio activity 1 Now listen to the following audio conversations between James Clackson and Geoffrey Horrocks. James Clackson What does it mean for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...central aspect of all our lives. We have many relationships, through which we learn the social skills necessary to survive and thrive. Relationships lie at the heart of all effective work with young people and are the foundation upon which you can build your work with them. In some people’s eyes, the development of relationships is a good end in itself, as it is in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...central London. “You couldn’t dream this stuff.” I first talk to Mallen, who is 52, in November 2016, 21 months to the day since Edward’s death. His hair is white; his blazer, navy. He wears a white shirt and a remembrance poppy. He talks in perfect paragraphs with a default setting of businesslike, but it is clear that the abyss still falls away before him. He...
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Article 15 mins
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...central ethos of services which provide integrated health and social care. For example, Recovery Colleges integrate with many services to provide the optimum care for people experiencing mental health issues. During recovery, recipients of this care are considered as ‘experts by experience’ and recruited to co-design and deliver future services. While such services...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...central cross (the 'cross hairs') is constantly displayed below the viewing window as X and Y coordinates. The sample can be moved to a specific location by typing its X and Y coordinates into the boxes and clicking the 'Go' button. This useful feature allows locations of particular features to be communicated between different users. When a 'Video of rotating specimen'...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...Central Sahara; central Australian 10–30 > 30 Mild 18 Kalahari-Karoo, Chihuahuan 10–20 10–30 Cool 15 Mojave, Namib 0–10 10–30 Cold 24 Gobi < 0 10–30 Deserts may have seasonal climates, with winters being much colder than the summers. The Sonoran desert covers about 260 000 km2 and spans the western part of the Mexican state of Sonora, southwest Arizona,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...central nervous system. The hypothesis suggests that the consequential disruption of the central nervous system adversely influences brain development. Wakefield's paper relates that the parents or the physicians of eight of the study's twelve children reported that behavioural problems started within two weeks of the MMR triple vaccine being administered. This evidence...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...centrality of shell shock within the popular memory of the First World War in Britain...Week 3: Trauma, grief and bereavement: 3.2 Developing medical attitudes to shell shock after the war - [Described image] Figure 15 Craiglockhart hospital today, now part of the Edinburgh Napier University campus As you have learned, during the First World War shell shock had developed...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs