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The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...circulating ocean current which isolates the ocean and lands to the south. This is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and the northern boundary of it is marked in red in Figure 16. Find the location of South Georgia on Figure 16 at 54° S, 36° W. Which side of the red boundary is it on? The island is south of the boundary. South of the red boundary in Figure 16,...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...doubles every 18 months) Increased consumer sophistication due to widespread use of computers and the internet New mobile and wireless communications applications Biological and genetic discoveries and applications. Economic Integration of world financial markets Rise of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) as new world economic powers Relations between Euro and US...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...et al. set out a list of six values that they feel people should consider when thinking about a change of career (Figure 6): Benevolence Doing things for others Conformity Being accepted, doing what's socially correct Independence Making decisions, getting your own way Leadership Being in charge, having power and authority Recognition Being highly regarded and admired,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...circulated for money for propaganda or just for fun. Fake news can spread very quickly on social media because of its culture of sharing and the fact that there are no editorial checks to slow things down. And if people only get one side of the story and only speak with people who share their views, they’re unlikely to spot or challenge these inaccuracies. So Frank,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...et al., 2013) about integrated care quality improvement pilots. Integrated care broadly means the capacity for different parts of an organisation (departments or staff groups) to work together to offer good quality care. It also includes the capacity for healthcare professionals to work with social care professionals to offer a joined-up service. This research brief looks...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...circulates within them and reaches tiny granules that contain a green substance, chlorophyll. This is the key facilitator that uses the energy of the sun to bond carbon dioxide to hydrogen derived from water and produces carbohydrate - sugars and starches. These dissolved in sap are then carried from the leaf into the body of the plant, even during the night when the leaf...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Nine days' wonder in York
History & The Arts

Nine days' wonder in York

...double the usual price, but, when we showed ourselves willing to pay, it proved that they had no rooms at any price. From house to house, then, we went, at first vaingloriously, in the spaces about the Minster, and then meekly into any side street, wherever the legend of Apartments showed itself in a transom. At last, the second day, after being denied at seven successive...
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Article 10 mins
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...double-checking his passport. It's the official document to establish one's identity, nationality, and the right to travel, and it controls his progress through the airport. Looking at the passport as a material artefact, here are the four questions again and an example of some possible answers. A. What work has to be done if the passport is present? It only has to be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs