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If you're planning to take IELTS we invite you to join our free course, 'Inside IELTS'. I want to attend a university in England so I had to do that myself. That's why I want to do IELTS. I have to use it for Thailand university and it's also really important so that I can use for overseas such as in England, in Australia or Singapore. I want to retake my IELTS and I want to use for my Master's degree maybe in Austria or Germany, I don't know.

This course will cover all four sections of the IELTS Academic test. Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. The first time I tried an IELTS exam the most difficult one was Reading. I will practise and it will get better. In my listening, at first it is not so good also but I have to listen to English songs. Reading and writing, especially writing because I don't like writing so much. The experts behind the test will share with you the skills being tested and give you an idea of what IELTS examiners are looking for. You'll also learn how preparing for the test will help you when you get into university, in other words, when you succeed in IELTS you also succeed in real life.

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Learn how to be successful in the IELTS Academic test on this online course from Cambridge Assessment English. Try authentic practice tasks and learn key skills.

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There is one session available:

IELTS is the world's most popular English language test for those wanting to study in higher education in an English-speaking country.

This IELTS course will prepare you to take the IELTS Academic tests with confidence. You will have immediate access to over 80 hours of interactive practice materials covering each of the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

This innovative preparation course has been designed and written by experienced English teaching professionals from The University of Queensland, an IELTS testing centre and one of the world's leading centres of learning. All of the course writers have extensive experience enabling students to reach their academic IELTS goal of entering a university where English is the primary language.

Each section of this course includes engaging multi-media presentations reviewing key test-taking skills, strategies and techniques. These are accompanied by a wide variety of authentic IELTS-style exercises and interactive activities that provide focused practice of the skills, strategies and techniques that you need to perform at your best.

In the new release of this IELTS preparation course, you will find a number of enhancements to an already-successful formula. The course appears with new videos and improvements to the explanation of answers as well as a number of new and engaging practice activities. Significantly, we have responded to requests from existing users to offer more comprehensive feedback on your writing using several new features.

As the course is self-paced, you can complete all of the course units in sequence, or only select the areas you want to focus on to prepare for the IELTS Academic tests. In completing this course, you will feel fully prepared to complete the IELTS Academic tests.

Students who select Verified enrolment in this course will have access to additional materials provided by the IELTSx course team.

Learn about the IELTS test procedure and format

Learn useful test-taking strategies and skills for the IELTS Academic tests

Develop your English reading, writing, listening and speaking skills

MODULE 1: LISTENING
The module begins with an overview of the IELTS Listening Test and what it includes. This will give you important facts about this module and what it is designed to assess. Following this, we'll show you the differences between each section of the IELTS Listening Test and the types of questions you will need to answer. You will also have opportunities to practise these types of questions and gain the skills that you need.

MODULE 2: SPEAKING
This module outlines the different features of the Speaking Test. In preparation for Part 1 of the Speaking Test, we focus on some of the grammar that you can use to talk about your likes and dislikes. We'll also give you some examples of how to extend your answers, or make them longer. For Part 2 of the test, we'll then focus on the "Individual Long Turn". We'll look at how to analyse the task effectively and how to organise your ideas so that you have a good start, and end, to your talk. For Part 3 of the test, we will focus on "The Discussion". You'll learn to develop vocabulary related to common Part 3 topics and also some of the common grammar features you need for success in the discussion. This includes focussing on tenses and making comparisons. Later in the unit, we'll introduce some strategies to make your pronunciation clearer. In this module, you can watch and learn from videos of students taking different parts of the test.

MODULE 3: READING
This module begins with an overview of the IELTS Reading Test and what it includes. This will give you important information about what the test is designed to assess and the different question types used in the test. There will be opportunities to practise the skills you have learned.

MODULE 4: WRITING
The module begins with an overview of the IELTS Writing Test and what it includes. We'll then look at the two tasks involved in the test. In preparation for Task 1, you'll learn how to identify different types of visuals, identify and describe the topic and the main features of these visuals, and also how to write an overview paragraph to summarise the key information. We'll then look at describing data for Task 1 of the test. You'll learn about what language to use to describe data, as well as how to select and group information. We'll also look at the language used for ordering ideas in paragraphs. In addition, this module offers the chance to practise writing the opening and data description paragraphs, which you can grade with our new assessment criteria. Additionally, you can get feedback on your writing from your peers and give them feedback using the IELTSx criteria. In preparation for Task 2, we're going to take a closer look at the essay question to help you answer all its parts and we will examine ways of planning and organising your essay. We'll also analyse the different parts of an IELTS essay, look in more detail at some possible task types in Task 2, and explain how they are assessed. We'll then look at how to write a good essay with good structure and appropriate language. Along the way, you'll have a chance to practise writing an introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion and submit these for assessment from other IELTSx students. There will also be practice of proofreading and editing.

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Introduction to Oil & Gas eLearning Course

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Introduction to Oil & Gas eLearning Course

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OPTIO eLearning Course

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Energy, the Environment and Our Future - Online Course

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Learn where we get our energy from today and why we need to change our energy system now, to avoid future changes to our climate.

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Have you ever wondered what life is like on an oil rig in the North Sea?  This fun and informative feature on Cygnus, the largest single producing gas field in the North Sea, has been commissioned by operator Neptune Energy and its partner Spirit Energy.

This is the first time that Google Street View has ventured to an offshore oil & gas platform and it allows users to tour Cygnus, click on explanatory notes and watch some of the workforce talk about their jobs and life on a producing North Sea gas installation.

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Women in STEM Q2 2023

Teaching can be a rewarding job that offers fulfilment and growth opportunities. Moreover, teachers play an important role in empowering the future women of STEM. "On my first day of teacher training, I was told that teaching was acting and to treat each lesson as a performance whereby you have to captivate your audience. I ... Continued

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Women in STEM - Women & girls in science, tech, engineering and maths

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Safe Exam Browser is a webbrowser-environment to carry out online exams safely. The software changes any computer into a secure workstation.

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Safe Exam Browser is a web browser environment to carry out e-assessments safely. The software turns any computer temporarily into a secure workstation. It controls access to resources like system functions, other websites and applications and prevents unauthorized resources being used during an exam.

SEB runs on a local computer and it is connected via the internet to a learning management system (LMS) or an e-assessment system. Generally SEB works with any web based LMS and other kinds of web based exam systems. Some learning management systems (LMS) like for example Moodle, ILIAS, OpenOLAT and exam solutions as Inspera Assessment offer a quiz mode specifically compatible with SEB.

SEB consists of a kiosk application and a browser part, which are running on an examination computer or tablet device. The kiosk application locks down the examination computer, the browser part communicates over the internet (or a LAN) with the quiz module of an LMS running on a server.

The illustration above shows the two internal components which SEB consists of, the kiosk application and the browser part. The third part of an SEB exam environment is build into the supported LMS. Optionally one or several third party application(s) can be allowed to run during an exam and are started by the SEB kiosk application.

1. The kiosk application locks down the computer and starts the SEB browser plus optional third party applications. Since this application has to control miscellaneous OS functions, it is designed very system specific.

2. The SEB browser loads and displays the LMS exam page using a preset URL and doesn't show any navigation elements like address bar, search engine field etc. The Windows version of SEB currently uses the Mozilla Gecko browser engine, either in the form of Firefox or XULRunner. SEB for macOS and iOS use the WebKit browser engine.

3. The learning management systems contain so-called quiz modules, which are used for online exams. SEB relies on extensions/skins to the quiz modules in Moodle and ILIAS for secure exams. With these extensions the user interface of the LMS is reduced to just contain navigation for the exam (no links to other pages outside the quiz) and no other undesirable features like messaging. An exam can also be configured to run only with SEB, not another browser. These SEB LMS extensions, which originally had to be installed separately to achieve this connectivity with SEB, have been integrated into the LMS in recent versions of ILIAS and Moodle.

Safe Exam Browser for Windows consists of the SEB kiosk application, which opens an own Windows desktop and blocks system commands like keyboard shortcuts (for example ALT+F4) and right mouse button clicks. The second part is Firefox, running in a so-called XUL runtime mode. The SEB XUL browser application running on Firefox connects to the LMS, using a pre-configured start URL. The SEB browser doesn't contain a URL or search field and navigation controls (back/forward, reload) can be disabled.

In contrast to the Windows version, Safe Exam Browser for macOS and iOS is a monolithic application using a web browser framework instead of a browser runtime. It's using the WebKit engine, on which Safari and some open source browsers are based. Otherwise, SEB for macOS/iOS connect to the Learning Management Systems in the same way as the Windows version.

Safe Exam Browser enables secure exams on unmanaged computers like students' own laptops and tablets as well as in managed environments on all three platforms Windows, macOS and iOS. Starting version 2.0, SEB offers an individual configuration per exam, which is protected by a strong encryption against manipulation. Thanks to an elaborate authentication feature, the exam system can verify that a particular, unaltered SEB version and the correct exam settings are used for an examination. This facilitates secure exams especially on unmanaged computers like students' own laptops/tablets.

Safe Exam Browser 2.0 and later is a unified version which brings almost the same features, exam system interface, compatible configuration files and a very similar user interface onto all three platforms, while still taking in account operating system differences and unique platform specific features.

Managed web browser, which can be configured using encrypted configuration files

Using special hyperlinks, SEB can be started from other web browsers and reconfigured individually per exam

Fullscreen mode or multiple browser windows which can be resized (without any navigation elements), browser tabs on iPad

VM detector: SEB detects whether it is running on a virtual machine or a jailbroken device and can refuse to start up

URL filter to allow accessing only specific web sites, pages or resources

Certificate pinning to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on the connection to exam servers

Spell checking and dictionary lookup is disabled, can optionally be allowed

Built-in connection to Moodle, ILIAS, OpenOLAT, Inspera Assessment and others, can be used with basically any web-based examination system

Disabled actions (in default settings):

Windows Task Bar and the Start Menu

Switch to other applications invoked by Alt+Tab or Windows+Tab (unless permitted)

Menu options on the Windows Security Screen invoked with Ctrl+Alt+Delete are removed while SEB is running

Display and system idle sleep

Print Screen and some other keyboard shortcuts like ALT+F4

VMware shade (toolbar) when using VMware Horizon View Client for VDI

Process monitoring hides or terminates not allowed processes while SEB is running

Separate configuration tool with graphical user interface

Third party applications can be allowed to run together with SEB, they can be started or switched to with icons in a SEB taskbar or the Alt+Tab shortcut

Configurable spell checking dictionaries

Additional resources like web pages or whole sites, HTML and PDF documents, even full web applications can be used in exams

Disabled actions:

Quit SEB (can be disabled or protected by a quit password)

macOS Dock and Menu bar

Switch to other applications with process switcher (cmd+Tab/cmd+Shift+Tab)

Force Quit window (cmd+opt+Esc)

Normal reboot (ctrl+cmd+eject) and shutdown (ctrl+opt+cmd+eject)

Hiding the application or minimizing the window, printing and Exposé

Right-click (context menu)

Optionally hyperlinks requesting to be opened in a new window, optionally only such directing to another server than the one of the current host

Display and system idle sleep

Context menu options in Flash fullscreen video players

macOS screen capture

Preferences window for easy set up, can be protected with an administrator password.

Teach mode to easily create URL filter rules for restricting access to particular web sites/pages/resources.

Third party applications can be allowed to run together with SEB, but only in an accordingly configured macOS user account

Using the iOS built-in Assessment Mode (Automatic Assessment Configuration - AAC), which disables all unwanted system features even with BYOD. Also blocking screen capture using AirPlay or Lightning/USB-C cable.

Students cannot switch to other apps, access other websites or communicate with other students during an exam. Note that you need to set up a SEB Quit Password for the secure mode to be active!

Notifications, FaceTime/voice calls and screen shots are also blocked.

In-app settings for easy set up, can be protected with an administrator password.

QR codes can be used to start exams with individual settings or to configure the SEB client to load an individual exam system start/portal page.

Supporting deployment of SEB settings using a mobile device management system, as it supports the iOS feature "MDM Managed Configuration".

Supported operating systems:

License: Mozilla Public License (MPL)

Browser engine: Mozilla Gecko, which is used in Firefox (until Firefox 56). SEB 3.x: Chromium Blink.

Programming languages and frameworks:

C# (.NET)

JavaScript

Mozilla XULRunner/Firefox. SEB 3.x: Cef Sharp (Chromium Embed Framework CEF3).

Supported operating systems:

macOS 11 Big Sur

macOS 10.15 Catalina

macOS 10.14 Mojave

macOS 10.13 High Sierra

macOS 10.12 Sierra

OS X 10.11 El Capitan
On the older OS versions listed below, modern web pages might not be rendered correctly. They are only supported as exam client, the Preferences window is not available (you need to use at least macOS 10.11 for editing SEB configuration files). Starting SEB 2.1.4, you explicitly have to allow SEB to run on these macOS versions (Preferences / Security / Enforce minimum macOS version).

OS X 10.10 Yosemite

OS X 10.9 Mavericks

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (TLS/SSL/CA certificate embedding into SEB configuration files and certificate pinning not supported)

OS X 10.7 Lion (TLS/SSL/CA certificate embedding into SEB configuration files and certificate pinning not supported)

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (only supported up to SEB 1.5.2)

License: Mozilla Public License (MPL)

Browser engine: WebKit (as Safari). SEB uses the WebKit version installed on the system (WebKit version depends on macOS version).

Programming language and system framework: Objective-C (Cocoa)

License: Mozilla Public License (MPL)

Browser engine: WebKit (as Safari). SEB uses the WebKit version installed on the system (WebKit version depends on iOS version). Currently UIWebView is used.

Programming languages: Objective-C, Swift

Safe Exam Browser © 2010-2021 ETH Zurich, Educational Development and Technology (LET), based on the original idea of Safe Exam Browser by Stefan Schneider, University of Giessen
Project concept: Dr. Thomas Piendl, Daniel R. Schneider, Damian Büchel, Dr. Dirk Bauer, Kai Reuter, Tobias Halbherr, Karsten Burger, Marco Lehre, Brigitte Schmucki, Oliver Rahs.

Safe Exam Browser is released as freeware. The source code is subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may only use these files in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ .

SafeExamBrowser (SEB) doesn't send any personal information to any centralized server and is not connected to any web analytics, user tracking or clickstream analytics service. Some data which can be considered to be personal (computer host name, computer account user name, some URLs of opened web pages etc.) can be contained in the log files SEB saves on the system it is running on (when used with default settings). Log files are not transmitted to any server by SEB, you can manually collect those log files for debugging purposes. Logging can be switched off in SEB's settings ( Win/ Mac). SEB is not collecting other user data, SEB is basically only displaying web pages as any other web browser and therefore doesn't "know" details about exam users. As SEB can be used with various web-based examination systems, you have to make sure that those systems protect the examinees' data.

There is no registration whatsoever required when downloading, installing or using SafeExamBrowser. SEB is not connecting to any cloud service or server, besides the web server which you enter as "Start URL" in your settings. When started with default configuration, SEB for Windows/macOS displays this page

As SEB is open source, anybody can review the code to verify that SEB really doesn't connect to any centralized servers and is not sending any collected user data. Additionally, SEB for iOS contains a security module to verifiy the integrity of the SEB application and the iOS environment. This module is only distributed in binary form and for security reasons its source code is not available as open source. This module doesn't collect or send any personal information to any centralized server, it is not accessing the network or the Internet.

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In a unique online gaming environment, Maersk takes you on a quest for one of today's most indispensable resources - oil.

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Cambridge English Qualifications are in-depth exams that make learning English enjoyable, effective and rewarding.

Designed to help professionals develop the English language skills to communicate confidently in an international workplace, our business qualifications prove to employers that you have the English language skills to succeed.

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Career Paths: Petroleum I | English for Specific Purpose (ESP)

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Career Paths: Petroleum I is a new educational resource for petroleum industry professionals who want to improve their English communication in a work environment.

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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English for the Energy Industries: Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals

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