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Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...thinking about how to make contemporary society more harmonious. Using the findings, this course will enable you to engage young people with a collection of short texts, images and videos (which will be referred to as ‘clippings’) to broaden their understanding of the subject and make their own short films (which will be referred to as ‘docutubes’) to share their...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...systems describe the difference between direct and external modulation of a laser describe the difference in structure and performance of step-index multimode, graded-index multimode and single-mode optical fibres draw up a power budget for an optical-fibre communication link and use it to estimate the maximum link distance...Digital communications: 1.1 Uses of optical...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...thinking and their concerns, there’s a lot to be said for creative play. This article explores the benefits and gives some top tips for creativity...[crayons with a young person drawing in the background] We all have the capacity to be creative, but we sometimes need a nudge in the right direction to spark an idea. Imagination is key – a stick can become a sword; a...
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Article 10 mins
Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...think about other planets, such as Mars, we know that right now, there’s not a lot of water on the Martian surface. We know water used to flow on Mars, because it has the remains of river deltas and lakes. The question is, where did it all go? Was it lost to the atmosphere or is it now under the surface? That’s where I come in, modelling what might be happening in the...
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Article 5 mins
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...system and families’ expectations In recent years, the shifting landscape of home education (Jolly and Matthews, 2020), has witnessed a notable increase in the number of ‘accidental home educators’ (English, 2021), warranting additional attention. Many families are opting for home education not for a deliberate choice, but as the ‘last resort option’, especially...
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Article 5 mins
How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...thinking about their identity from their experiences with relevant others, co-constructing their understanding of the world through the lived experiences of those around them. Studies have found that white children learn early to view their lives as neutral, average, and ideal, the default position. Examples exist in the media, where it is still uncommon to see products...
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Article 10 mins
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...think of their driving as safe, but most drivers have performed an overtaking or other manoeuvre which, in retrospect, would be considered ‘risky’. This section investigates how engineers can identify, assess and manage risks, and looks at what part they play in this process...Assessing risk in engineering, work and life: 1.1 Engineers and risk - The role of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...think more to the point we’re in a very interesting juncture in a whole lot of areas. It just feels like a sort of 1989 doesn’t it, in which we’re having a bonfire of all sorts of beliefs and institutions and I suppose myths one might say, and vanities, bonfire of the vanities, as we kind of reassess all sorts of things that have perhaps not gone quite as planned....
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Article 5 mins