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Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...et al., 2013, p. 1040) This work suggests that CFL and LED bulbs exceed the USA regulatory limits for various metals by some considerable margin. This does not mean that the bulbs are therefore toxic, but it does mean they exceed the regulatory limits. (It may be the limits are too stringent.) The energy-efficient light bulb is but one example of where an innovation to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...et al. (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Publishers Ltd © Figure 5: Willmer, P. et al. (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Publishers Ltd Figure 5 The temperature at different sites within and outside the fur of a mammal adapted to arctic life. The temperature at the surface of the epidermis is close to that of deeper tissues below...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...et al, 2000; Reiter-Palmon and Illies, 2004). Problems can come in the form of opportunities as well as obstacles, so in this course the term ‘challenges’ will be used to reflect the complex and interrelated problems that leaders often face in turbulent, changing times. [Described image] Figure 1 Overcoming challenges A leadership challenge is a situation that leaders...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...et d'Arts) (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Please click to view Plate 1b: Plan of Thugga continued. (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Exploring Thugga (part 1, 8 minutes) PHIL PERKINS: This is the city of Thugga, in the ancient kingdom and Roman Province of Numidia. It lies on the slopes of the valley of the Oued Khalled, in a fertile landscape of olives and grain. The city is well preserved and...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...et al., 2007). Can you suggest why MRI is potentially less harmful to patients than CT? Unlike X‑ray-based diagnostics such as CT, MRI does not expose patients to potentially harmful ionising radiation. A typical MRI scanner is shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 A clinical MRI instrument...Metals in medicine: 3.1 MRI in practice - It’s important to appreciate from the start...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
An introduction to death, dying and grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to death, dying and grief

...et al., 2006; Lawton, 2000; Seale and Addington-Hall, 1995). A number of reasons for this have been suggested, including the greater openness of expression encouraged in hospices, the distress of witnessing other people’s deaths and wanting to avoid a similar experience, and the wish to remain physically independent and ‘in control’ (Chapple et al., 2006). In...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...et al., 2019). However, for electric vehicles operating on renewable energy, the proportion is likely to be higher. The actual CO2 emissions involved in manufacture will depend on the fuels used. They are likely to be higher for vehicles manufactured in a coal-based country such as China than in the UK. There are also environmental impacts associated with road...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...et al., 2023). In order to explore this further you will examine the experience of women’s sport. Activity 5 Gender discrimination debates in sport Timing: Allow 30 minutes Watch the video below which shows a clip taken from the Channel 5 programme Jeremy Vine, aired in 2019, and complete the questions/tasks that follow. In the video, there are two main arguments made...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs