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The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...C. (2015). The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration. The Anthropocene Review, 2(1), 81-98. doi: 10.1177/2053019614564785 Bendell, J. (2018). Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy. IFLAS Occasional Paper, 2. Järvensivu, P., Toivanen, T., Vadén, T., Lähde, V., Majava, A., & Eronen, J. T. (2018). Governance Of Economic Transition Global...
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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...C), and all the vast and intricate cultural and economic infrastructure that surrounds it is crucial to neoliberalism. About 30% of the daily global turnover of foreign exchange takes place in London; London has over 40% of the global foreign equity market; and so on. Meanwhile, the 2005 UN Report on Human Development produces 'the usual' statistics – the kind that are...
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Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...C. (2012) Active Hope: How to face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy. San Francisco/New World Library Salamon, M.K. (2020) Facing the Climate Emergency: How to transform yourself with climate truth. Gabriola Island, Canada/New Society Publishers. References Bednarek, S. (2019) ‘This is an emergency’ – proposals for a collective response to the climate crisis....
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Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...C. (2018) ‘“More than boy, girl, male, female”: exploring young people’s views on gender diversity within and beyond school contexts’, Sex Education, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 420–434 [Online]. DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2018.1439373. Callahan, S. and Nicholas, L. (2019) ‘Dragon wings and butterfly wings: implicit gender binarism in early childhood’, Gender and...
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Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...c. 470–399 BCE) Figure 1 shows an iconic road viaduct across the River Tarn in France, which is the tallest bridge in the world. [A valley is spanned by a viaduct suspended from slender pillars.] Figure 1 The Millau Viaduct in southern France This outstanding architectural achievement would not have been possible without tools and mechanisation. But, what tools? And...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...C–C’). You can try making simple diagrams of the sections that would result from sectioning along these lines, if you wish. [Described image] Figure 10 Understanding the plane of a section for (a) a blood vessel, (b) a sample of kidney tissue and (c) a neuron. Note that for the neuron, the thickness of the section is significant in relation to the thickness of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...la, la, la, that you possess. DON Who sang that then? DAISY [VOCALISING] Just a little happiness. INTERVIEWER Quite simply, the system needed to be Don. DAISY Happiness. DON Yes. All right, dear. INTERVIEWER I had been looking throughout the industry to see if I could find anywhere that was providing care that really managed to make residents feel alive and happy. I'd...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...c. 1214-1292). Bacon is traditionally credited with the invention of the magnifying glass, but he is best remembered as an effective advocate of the scientific method and a follower of the maxim 'Cease to be ruled by dogmas and authorities; look at the world!' He lived at a time when the commonly accepted view of the world was fundamentally religious, and the Catholic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs