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Climate change: island life in a volatile world
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: island life in a volatile world

...code to media companies who want to signal their role in television (such as 4kids.tv, hollywood.tv and bollywood.tv). The Kyoto Protocol mentioned in Readings 1A, 1C and 1D was an agreement of the majority of the world's nations to limit their carbon emissions, with the onus on the most developed or heavily industrialised economies. Though it was non-binding, the Kyoto...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...code area felt by using the Personal well-being interactive maps. [Image of five young people stood in front of a brick wall with each holding up a simplified mask face in front of their own face. The faces get progressively happier from left to right. ] What kind of factors affect our mental health and wellbeing? Many different things can affect our mental health and...
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Article 10 mins
How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...codes of ‘honour’ are used to justify, collude or inflict abuse by multiple perpetrators in extended BME families and communities. It is also worrying that the government is considering using the ‘restorative justice’ approach to change and penalise offending behaviour in domestic violence cases. This approach, although it does not aim to save relationships and is...
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Article 10 mins
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History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...simple: 3 things you want to accomplish today. 3 things you want to accomplish this week. 3 things you want to accomplish this month. 3 things you want to achieve this year. Meier also recommends some quick ways to implement the rule: Start your day with the Rule of 3 by identifying what you want to accomplish that day. Test yourself throughout the day – if you can’t...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...simple pair of binoculars. So as long as you know where to find the objects that you're interested in, there's always something fascinating to look at in the night sky. JO JARVIS: So let's go for it. Let's see what we can find in the night sky. During the course you will have the opportunity to use a powerful telescope located in Tenerife to take your own images of some...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...simple task, she draws on a wide range of knowledge. She knows what constitutes a healthy diet; having learned the importance of fruit and vegetables, and that eating too much fat can be bad for us. She also has learned what subject Grace dislikes at school and has wider knowledge about things like the Olympics. Angela has also developed some cooking skills, and has...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...simple (greyscale) astronomical image. The data are stored as an x, y grid, where each pixel has an associated brightness. Additional information, such as the astronomical coordinate system and details of when the observation was made, is typically stored within the image file as metadata. We need to employ careful methods to make measurements from images such as Figure 1...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...simple act of focussing upon the idea of social justice would alienate people from the outset. In seeking social justice they were all seeking something slightly different. Consequently, as these differences emerged, the practitioners recognised that they needed to explore concepts and language, as well as who was served by practices and why, and what the practices might...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs