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Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...adults engage in at home, often on a sofa or in bed with a drink or a biscuit and in classrooms, we need to offer far more than a few cushions in the book corner! To be really readerled, we can give children options of who to sit with, where to sit, which text to read or share, whether to talk to friends about what they are reading and whether to hear others’...
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An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...Adult Social Care on the Prevention and Control of Infections and Related Guidance helps NHS bodies plan and implement how they prevent and control HCAIs (Department of Health, 2009). It states that there is a duty to provide and maintain a clean and appropriate environment for healthcare; the Department of Health has produced a set of benchmarks for the care environment...
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Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...adult The Sound of Stars, by Alechia Dow If It Makes You Happy, by Claire Kann Let’s Talk About Love, by Claire Kann Full Disclosure, by Camryn Garrett This Is Kind Of An Epic Love Story, by Kacen Callender Felix Ever After, by Kacen Callender You Should See Me In A Crown, by Leah Johnson The Summer of Everything, by Julian Winters Legendborn, by Tracy Deonn Cinderella...
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Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...adults may be difficult to recognise, as it may be less ‘obvious’. Most older adults feel satisfied with their lives, despite living with illness or physical problems, so having depression is not a normal part of growing older (NIMH, 2015). Depressive symptoms may be linked to medical conditions (Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, stroke or cancer) in older people,...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...de Geus that said once that the only sustainable competitive advantage is to learn quicker than your opposition. So certainly in that context, I think there’s a challenge to policing to make sure that we do that. I think innovation is also fundamentally about making sure that we get the best from our single biggest resource, and that’s our people. I would say still,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...adults on the streets in Granada] Figure 1 Young people filming their docutube during a workshop in Granada, Spain The docutube workshops are based on a pedagogic approach that encourages young people to be active, creative, express their voice and ‘make and do’, rather than ‘sit back and be told’ or simply recall facts. The workshops aim to inspire a ‘hands-on...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...adult tissues, cell death usually balances cell division, ensuring that tissues and organs retain the same size and structure as old cells are replaced. Apoptosis is a normal response in cells with DNA damage, serving to protect the body from cancer. * B cells One of two main types of lymphocyte (cf. T cells) which, when activated, synthesises and releases huge quantities...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...De Agostini Editore/L Pedicini Activity 3 I’d now like you to read the poem’s last lines, which you can find by going to the section on Virgil’s Aeneid on the ‘Poetry in Translation’ website. You can find the relevant passage in Book 12 of the poem by clicking on the link ‘Bk XII:887–952 The Death of Turnus’. Read this passage carefully and make some notes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs