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What is Talk Factory?
Education & Development

What is Talk Factory?

...education described in the English National Curriculum (2014) as follows: “Pupils should be taught to speak clearly and convey ideas confidently using standard English. They should learn to justify ideas with reasons; ask questions to check understanding; develop vocabulary and build knowledge; negotiate; evaluate and build on the ideas of others, and select the...
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5 tips on financially thriving
Money & Business

5 tips on financially thriving

...educate] 5. Educate yourself At school, we're taught how to calculate and solve equations but we are not necessarily taught how to manage our moeny. Most adults have never had credit ratings, mortgages or interest rates explained to them but it's never too late to learn anything. Below are some of the free courses and articles to help you continue your journey. Start your...
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Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation

...education or training, they directly participate in the education and training sector of the UK economy. Young adults also contribute to many other sectors by buying a variety of goods and services (like clothes and games). Many people in this age group also work and, therefore, contribute to the production of goods and services. More importantly, young adults are...
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Social care, social work and the law
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care, social work and the law

...education The schools system and Social Services are often inexorably linked. Fiona Wraith, and education welfare officer, highlights how schools can help and uncover young people in need. Working with older people These discussions examine the rights and lives of older people, firstly by looking at the work of rights group Age Concern, secondly by spotlighting the...
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Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...education. The church is not represented here but the trio sitting in judgement on a son of toil are like an unholy trinity and they occupy a god like place on the raised platform. In fact, there is a carefully thought out structure here as the flattened pyramid shape is actually the ziggurat or crepidoma, an ancient temple structure for the shrines of the gods. It was a...
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Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...Educational Institute of Scotland Further Education Lecturers Association (EIS FELA) took strike action in April and May 2022. Lynn Rooney gives us a personal view of the background...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses Lecturers took strike action for an annual cost of living pay rise, for fair pay in other words. The strike followed a...
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What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...technologies work, and what do they do? Read the article to find the answers...A blockchain is a publicly shared immutable ledger, an append-only log of transactions that uses crypto-currency techniques to minimise any security risk. As shown in Figure 1, transactions are contained in blocks that are linked together through a series of hash pointers. Any tampering of a...
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How do you become a digital artist?
History & The Arts

How do you become a digital artist?

...medium has added extra dimension to his existing work as well as acting as a tool for making new work. The Internet has broadened his profile as well as acting as a mini gallery, and has even led to the sale of some work. Although he feels that the art world has yet to dramatically change as a result of computers and technology, he is confident that it inevitably will....
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