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Staying on the “right” side of public opinion—and how to avoid controversy
Money & Business

Staying on the “right” side of public opinion—and how to avoid controversy

...business adapt and survive in the future. The briefing aimed to: Give new insights and perspectives into your business Explain how to make you business more responsible Suggest how to improve your reputation in the eyes of the public Read more: Breakfast Briefing: Business Legitimacy - ‘Staying on the “right” side of public opinion… and how to avoid controversy’...
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Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...adaptations. This free course, Animals at the extremes: polar biology, explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It looks at the adaptations to physiological proceses, the environmental effects on diet, activity and fecundity, and contrasts the strategies of aquatic and land-based...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...et al., 1997). This is illustrated in Figure 2. [Described image] (Source: adapted from Schermerhorn et al. (1995) in Ingram et al., 1997) Figure 2 An open systems model of teamwork Inputs are factors which are controlled and influenced by management. They include ‘climate’, the atmosphere under which the team works, and ‘group configuration’, how the team is put...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Are we about to be at the mercy of superslugs?
Nature & Environment

Are we about to be at the mercy of superslugs?

...adapted to a variable climate and dearth of mates, have fallen into the clichéd “No sex please, we’re British” mould, producing fewer, bigger eggs later in life by self-fertilisation. Continental slugs, meanwhile, adapted to resist rapidly evolving enemies. Their strategy is therefore to produce many smaller eggs earlier in life, which maximises genetic diversity...
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Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...et al, 2022a). However, research has shown that juries can be subject to biases that can impact the decision-making process when rendering a verdict (Willmott, 2019). These biases can include pre-trial publicity bias (Ruva & Coy, 2020), racial bias (Curley et al, 2022b), rape myth bias (Dinos et al, 2014), and social media influence (Taylor & Tarrant, 2019), all of which...
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Perceptions of corruption
Science, Maths & Technology

Perceptions of corruption

...adapted from the What is the corruption perceptions index? video. Copyright 20 September 2012 Transparency International: the global coalition against corruption. Used with permission. For more information, visit Transparency International. Data from the UN Development Programme Data Public Explorer tool What do you think about the subjects discussed in this film? Use our...
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Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...Adapted from Crawford et al., 2008) Figure 3 Model for examining the role of project sponsor in governance and in project support It is also possible for the project sponsor to change over the lifetime of a project. For longer projects this becomes more likely, and may arise from change of staff within the organisation, or even where the strategic priority attached to a...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...adapt to the effects of climate change with protection measures, such as sea walls, nor the means to cope with the consequences of large storms and devastation of people’s homes and livelihoods. The people of Bangladesh are used to living with water and the sea. The south-west of Bangladesh is characterised by low-lying lands, with dwellings and fields protected by...
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