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Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...attention to how Hunt defines literature and childhood – then make some notes in the boxes underneath the excerpt. Peter Hunt: Instruction and delight (2009) Part 2 – Defining children’s literature In discussing literature, there are, fundamentally, two views. The first is that there are absolute standards of quality or goodness; these are generally undefined (and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...attention and money to develop. Also, they do not always reflect the conventional meaning of efficiency measured in financial terms. This may be the case of green solutions. Yet, despite their higher costs, green value propositions are at the core of business models in many companies. For example, DPD, the largest parcel delivery company in Europe, offers carbon-free...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Building confidence in using online forums
Education & Development

Building confidence in using online forums

...attention (e.g. seeing a picture, reading a blog or watching a TV show) whereas in learning and assessment writing you might focus heavily on course materials and suggested literature sources. Reflecting on your experiences of writing is an important starting point to help you write on forums. But neither creative writing nor assessed writing is completely fitting for...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...attention to multiple causes and their interactions. As a further guide, here are some questions you may consider about incidents and the identification of their causes. If the incident involved equipment failure, what was it that failed? How can failure be prevented or made less likely to occur? How can failure or its onset be detected early? How can failure be...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...attention, and the ancient books do not assist. I turn, therefore, to the decided cases to see if they can be construed so as to support the appellant’s case. [. . .] The case has to be determined in accordance with Scots law, but it has been a matter of agreement between the experienced counsel who argued this case, and it appears to be the basis of the judgments of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...attention to the external conditions (past, present and even future) that influence our thoughts and actions. Traditional models therefore don’t get us very far in understanding why, faced with a mountain of evidence of climate and ecological destruction, the serious steps necessary to halt or even sufficiently mitigate climate and ecological collapse are not happening....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...attention to this feature of the camcorder – the embedded computer – neglecting other features that are for the present purposes irrelevant. Nothing about the shape, the construction materials or the power source appear on Figure 4, for example, although these are all important in other contexts. Also, Figure 4 does not include any details of the things that it shows....
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...attention to the worst facing us (and within us). The Anthropathology thesis has undeniably unpopular elements. Anthropathology challenges religious tradition but also challenges belief in individual rational autonomy – the ability of human beings to be in control of their own destiny. Many may want to play up the positive aspects of human beings and deny that we are so...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs