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English: skills for learning
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Acknowledgements

This course was written by Hilary Holmes and Maria Townsend.

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Unit image: © PepitolPhotos/Istockphoto.com

Week 1

Images

Figure 1: Desk, © javaturtle on Flickr made available under https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-sa/ 2.0/; Figure 4: Child writing/drawing © Henry Burrows (Foilman) on Flickr made available under https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 2.0/ deed.en; Figure 6: http://www.moolf.com/ amazing/ top-10-anti-smoking-ads.html.

Week 2

Text

Layard extract from Activity 1: The Secrets of Happiness, extract from an article which first appeared in the New Statesman, 3rd March 2003. Permission from Professor Lord Layard. Copyright © Professor Lord Layard.

Week 3

Images

Figure 1: (left) © Stacy Spensley in Flickr made available under https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/; (middle) The CV Inn in Flickr made available under: https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/ deed.en; (right) From: http://www.stickypadblog.com/ wp-content/ uploads/ 2012/ 10/ fridgesickypad.jpg; Figure 2: (left) © Stacy Spensley in Flickr made available under https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/; (middle) © Scott Feldstein in Flickr; (right) The CV Inn in Flickr made available under: https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0/ deed.en.

Week 5

Images

Figure 5: Hot and cold, © Oleg Prikhodko/iStock.

Text

Activity 10 extract: Figure 1 adapted from Figure 1, p. 30, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) (2012) Flexible working provision and uptake, Survey Report May 2012, London, CIPD, https://www.cipd.co.uk/ binaries/ 5790%20Flexible%20Working%20SR%20(WEB2).pdf.

Week 6

Images

Figure 1: (a) © PeopleImages/iStockphoto.com; (c) © Paul Schultz in Flickr made available under: https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 2.0; (d): Kasto80/iStockphoto.com.

Week 7

Images

Figure 1: Marek Uliasz/Dreamstime.com.

Week 8

Images

Figure 2: (a) © photograph: Stevefaeembra in Flickr made available under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/; (b) © photograph: Grahamc99 in Flickr made available under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; (c) Back to the 80’s poster; (d) Birmingham Children’s hospital sign; Figure 3: various logo images from iStockphoto.com; Figure 4: iStockphoto.com/Paul McKeown.

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