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Five pillars of ageing well
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five pillars of ageing well

...system and overall feeling of wellbeing and mobility. When we don’t drink enough: • Metabolic rate decreases – slowing further down metabolic processes in our body (how fast we process food, drugs/medication we are taking. • Our, already, ageing liver and kidneys suffer from insufficient hydration, processing drugs/medication is slowed down, and we are more likely...
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Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...system or infectious agents at that time, the effect was to expose the recipient to a supposedly ‘weaker’ strain of the virus, which elicited a protective immune response against subsequent infection with a more virulent strain. Activity 1 What key features of the immune response does the practice of variolation demonstrate? Answer It shows the specificity of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...system based on universal principles of justice? This free course, Rights and justice in international relations, takes a critical view of the assumption that 'rights are a good thing' and looks at the problems that arise when they are applied in the international arena...Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...systems’ approach’ to teamwork – a helpful approach which encourages managers to consider the context in which a team works. The approach considers team processes, which are divided into three parts: inputs, throughputs and outputs. These highlight the different issues and activities a manager needs to engage with or oversee during the life of a team. To prepare for...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...systems (which can be difficult to assess) and the number of individuals of a particular species or broader group that exist in total...Aquatic mammals: 1.2 The origins of aquatic mammals - Mammals are essentially a terrestrial group of animals: living mammals are descended from shrew-sized ancestors that evolved on land, and most mammals are still land-based animals....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network

...systemic factors such as regional power dynamics. “The risk of climate change demands a similarly holistic assessment,” she says. Value human life She concludes: “How much do we care about the effects of climate change? How important is it that we act to avoid them? What probability of their occurrence can we tolerate?…The answers to these questions depend in part...
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Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...systems put in place, and human capacities built. In conclusion... Despite the challenges in goal-setting and assessment of progress made, MDG’s have helped galvanise global effort towards tackling many of our world’s major environmental/social issues. It is sincerely hoped the post 2015 development agenda will have learnt from its predecessor and will deliver even...
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Article 5 mins
The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough
Society, Politics & Law

The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough

...system to prevent fraudulent or malicious applications. All applications to join the Labour Party as a member, affiliate or supporter are verified and those who are identified by our verification team as being candidates, members or supporters of another political party will be denied a vote. The so-called “purge” is part of a broader effort by the party, known as...
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