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An introduction to energy resources
Nature & Environment

An introduction to energy resources

...economics and there are also limits posed by sustaining the Earth's environmental conditions on which life depends...Energy resources: An introduction to energy resources: 2 Energy, work, power and efficiency - In everyday speech we often refer colloquially to the powerful politician, the energetic child, the working mother and the efficient administrator. We use these...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...economic consequences. In this course you’ll be learning what ageism is and why it matters, as well as what the law says on ageism and what you can do to identify and challenge ageism you may encounter across different parts of society. While ageism affects everyone, this course will focus on ageism experienced by older people. The World Health Organization (WHO) has...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...economic and industrial development) to look at recent international agreements that recognise ‘loss and damage’ in nations of the global south (those countries characterised by low economic and industrial development). In this week you will: reflect on how it feels to face the climate and ecological crisis consider the crisis within three time periods learn about our...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...economize on constructional materials and costs, it is desirable to build a dam at a narrow part of a valley so that the dam can be kept as short as possible. The quantity of constructional materials needed to build dams, and their cost, can be enormous. The Aswan High Dam, built during the 1960s, cost £400 million for a 1.2 km dam. Though shorter than the Aswan High...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...economic periods, but in the contemporary situation, they coexist within organisations, individual leaders, and leadership teams. No single leadership model has the capacity to close down discussion by asserting leadership as categorically one thing in preference to another thing. As Richard Bolden points out, models of leadership may be used descriptively, to describe...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...economic gaps, for example, children from disadvantaged or less wealthy backgrounds may have fewer opportunities to benefit from digital technologies. These trends are constantly changing and this is due to the development of new digital technologies and resources, and children who are willing to adopt or ‘immigrate’ to new technologies, social media sites and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...economic problems was to propose a tax on jobs. We stopped that and today this Government is taking tax off jobs. A new employment allowance that helps small firms, a 20% rate of corporation tax and a £10,000 personal allowance - major achievements delivered by this Government in difficult times. We understand that the way to restore our economic prosperity is to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...economically useful to them. I was going to mention the social media platforms Even if you’re not on them, they track you. So what you’re talking about is disrupting this whole model… And turning it upside down… It goes beyond the uberisation of the economy. What this is about is actually a totally different way of thinking about data. If you think of how we’re...
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