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Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...account all the statutes and ACOPs, including fire precautions, which all persons must be told about. The host employer must provide these persons with adequate information regarding the risks to their health and safety. In view of the fact that Acts of Parliament take a long time to be enacted, and health and safety is an ever-changing subject, the HSWA 1974 allows for...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...accounted for a whopping 90% of the difference between the best and the rest. But what exactly is emotional intelligence? According to Goleman, it's made up of five components, self-awareness self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. Let's examine each in turn. Self-awareness is understanding one's own emotions and their effect on others. Self-aware leaders...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...accounted for less than 3% of domestic energy consumption. In some commercial offices, however, lighting can account for up to 30% of the delivered energy use. Modern factory units and hypermarket buildings are built with barely any windows, and some ‘deep-plan’ office buildings, such as those at Canary Wharf in London shown in Figure 10, have plenty of windows on the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...account. Avner Ziv, who has written numerous books about humour, explores this theme extensively. As he writes in Personality and Sense of Humor, “comedy and satire possess a common denominator in that both try to change or reform society by means of humor. The two forms together constitute the best illustration there is of the social function of humor.” You don’t...
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Article 10 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...account of his expedition to South America, Alexander von Humboldt (pictured in Figure 2) commented that "there, the different climates are ranged the one above the other, stage by stage, like the vegetable zones, whose succession they limit" (von Humboldt 1845–1858). [Portrait of Karl Alexander von Humboldt] Figure 2. A portrait of Alexander von Humboldt. Although the...
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Article 20 mins
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...account for the origin of man, but divine intervention had been required. Herbert Spencer, a philosopher, was also an influence in evolutionary theory during the latter part of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. He popularised a number of slogans, including "survival of the fittest" which was taken up by Darwin in later editions of Origin of Species. Spencer’s ideas...
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Article 30 mins
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...account, and with which their status as citizens could be legally regulated. This does not (yet) exist in the international system. Activity 2 Go to the Weblinks below to find the statements from the UN, the OECD and the ILO about the ethical aspects of business activity. UN ‘Global Compact’ OECD ILO Discussion Given that ‘global corporate citizenship’ remains an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Working with diversity in services for children and young people
Education & Development

Working with diversity in services for children and young people

...account their intersecting identities. Can you think of an example of something that the practice setting with which you’re most familiar could do?...Working with diversity in services for children and young people: 4 Reflecting on diversity - Activity 4 provides time for reflection on your own experiences relating to diversity in relation to children and young people,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs