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Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...law of physics. The appropriate calculations tell us that, for an Earth-like planet to emit radiation to space at a steady rate of 236 W m−2 (the 69 units depicted in Figure 4), it should have an equilibrium temperature of -19 °C. This equilibrium temperature is known as the effective radiating temperature and, were it not for the atmosphere, this would also be the...
Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...Law at the Open University. So I work with many businesses and employers. But prior to that, I lived and worked in Edinburgh. I had my own business. It was a small business. And I used to work and support start-ups and entrepreneurs and growing businesses. POLLY CORFIELD Fantastic. What a range of experience. OK. So let’s start off with the term innovation. How would...
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...law students in England and Wales’, European Journal of Legal Education, 3(1), pp. 127-175. Taylor, L. (2016) How to Develop Your Healthcare Career: A Guide to Employability and Professional Development, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Thibodeau, D. (2020) Sport and Citizenship. Available at: https://www.sportanddev.org/ latest/ news/ sport-and-citizenship...Session 4:...
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...Scots speakers predicted to drop by 10%’. What is this decrease as a fraction? What percentage of an hour is 15 minutes? Answer 0.75 as a fraction is three divided by four . 0.25 is the same as one divided by four , so you will have walked one divided by four of a kilometre. one divided by two is the same as 50%, so the increase is 50%. 50% is the same as one divided by...
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...laws are required. The bill has to be approved by both the House of Commons (elected chamber) and the House of Lords (unelected chamber) before it finally becomes law as an ‘Act of Parliament’. In June 1998, the UK government published a white paper on land, sea and air transport for the UK called ‘New deal for transport: better for everyone’ (DfT, 1998), which...
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...law of nature which prevents men from being employed, that it is ‘rash’ to employ men, and that it is financially ‘sound’ to maintain a tenth of the population in idleness for an indefinite period, is crazily improbable – the sort of thing which no man could believe who had not had his head fuddled with nonsense for years and years. (Keynes, 1972, p. 91) In...
Gofalu am oedolion
Health, Sports & Psychology

Gofalu am oedolion

...law, sylwodd Grace ei fod yn oer. Erbyn adeg ei farwolaeth, roedd Frank wedi bod yn anymwybodol ers 24 awr. Nid oedd wedi cael unrhyw hylif na maeth yn y cyfnod hwn. Sut y dangosodd Frank arwydddion fod ei farwolaeth gerllaw? Ailddarllenwch yr arwyddion a'r astudiaeth achos os oes angen, a gwnewch nodiadau yn y blwch isod. Sylwadau Gallai'r ffaith mai yn ei wely y mae...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
A freelance career in the creative arts Badge icon
History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...law says are charitable. These are things like preventing or relieving poverty, or advancing the arts, culture, heritage or science. It has to be established exclusively for what is known as public benefit. That means its only purpose must be charitable. Any profits charities make must be applied to achieving their charitable aims. A charity can’t have owners or...