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Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be lost, but only transformed from one form to another, the chemical energy that would have been stored in the ATP must appear somewhere else. In fact it is released from the cell in the form of heat. This uncoupling can be switched on by the release of noradrenalin from the sympathetic nerves that innervate brown adipose...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...laws, policies and programmes under which services are provided. To call all of this a ‘system’ is not to imply that it has well-defined, consensual goals and co-ordinated programmes for achieving them. The institutions included in the blindness system tend, in fact, to behave in a fragmented and disorganised way. In this sense, it is a non-system. Nevertheless, all...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...Law Review, 83–8 Smith D J and Gray J (1985) Police and People in London: The PSI Report. Aldershot: Gower Stevens P and Willis C (1979) Race, Crime and Arrests. Home Office Research Study No 58. London: HMSO Walker M (1987) ‘Interpreting Race and Crime Statistics’, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Part 1: 39–56 Source: Croall, 1998, p.158 Discussion We...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...law, medicine or mechanics, but it could also be a personal hobby, such as a sport. Think about subjects you know really well, and think about how you could get to know them in your other languages too. Curiosity: Curiosity is one of the best attributes you can have as a translator. It will help you to learn new skills, research unfamiliar subjects, look up unfamiliar...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...law and order who are out to bring the assassin down. You will notice that the writers so far have pointed out that they can vary who the reader feels empathy with to achieve different effects with their readers and that is also a feature picked out by Craig Robertson in the next video...Week 2: How literature affects us psychologically: 3.4 Craig Robertson - [A...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...law, as it was by the Roman Catholic Church in earlier centuries. Approaches to charitable donations, the giving of care and financial support to family members are also affected by contextual social factors. The planning process impacts not only on individuals but also on the wider society. In the financial planning model this is shown by the arrows pointing outwards....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...laws. Mark Twain once said, history never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme. And I think that is precisely what is important for this project. What rhymes, so to speak, do young people recognise today in those clippings about the past? How were things done in the past? What were the consequences of actions in the past? And in this way, their thinking about today and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...law, and the society whose attitudes it embodies. If you look at the complete passage, you will notice that Dickens gives us the judge's speech condemning Magwitch as an offender from infancy, ‘a scourge to society’ (p.452), but this view is then radically challenged by the ‘broad shaft of light’ that links the two together in equality before death. It is clear...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs