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Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...energy levels, focus, motivation and mood sleep deprivation negatively affects short-term memory (used while studying) Exercise/play/activity: enhances working memory lowers stress and anxiety improves your mood as well as your self-esteem Nutrition: ‘you are what you eat’ you need to eat right to work hard To do: manage your time create a routine prioritise your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...energy and passion of collective parent advocacy has revived since austerity measures began to impact on social care after 2008. But family advocates often report how hard they’ve had to fight to ensure their relatives get the support and care they need. For many, it’s something that they think about 24/7 and the strain often affects their own health and wellbeing...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...energy and the environment. You’ll get very different views from an oil company to an online climate change activist. WENDY It’s a case of keeping your eyes open and knowing the right questions to ask of both the people and the information that you find online. KATHARINE Yes, and that’s very useful when it comes to both study and work. By the way, did you see that...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...energy. Now that you are a few hours into the course you should have an idea as to how long it took you to complete the first session. This activity provides ideas about planning your study time for the whole course. Complete the grid below with your ideas for study time. You might find it easier to make your own grid. Start with your non-study activities. Put in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...energy. Myron wanted here to dramatise an ephemeral moment, an instant that he’d ripped from reality. And yet, the result was so satisfying and harmonious that it felt timeless all the same. Video 2 Ancient ideals...Week 6: The ideal body: disability and wounding: 1.1 Discovering ancient bodies - [Four images of ancient statues in various stances and in various states...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...energy’) of learning typical of face-to-face interactions (Weinberger, 2002), but a study has found that using threaded discussions allowed students extra time to reflect on topics raised on their course, which they appreciated (Meyer, 2003). Another study found that the majority of online students (>80%) were employed and working on average 38 hours a week, whereas...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs