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The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...codes and legislation may reduce the amount of oil deliberately discharged, but massive accidental pollutions will occasionally occur and cause heavy damage. Thus pollution will be with us for some long time yet. Many people have attempted to rehabilitate oiled birds, but the success rate has almost invariably been very low. Looking after these birds is very expensive in...
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Article 10 mins
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...code or religious beliefs Spiritual Using talents, developing skills Using abilities Being part of an important organisation Commitment Having lots of stimulus, excitement, thrills Excitement Having influence or power over others Authority Enjoying or making beautiful designs or things Aesthetic Getting promotions, career progression Advancement Helping or caring for...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...simple and affords the ability to customise and risk manage your exposure to commodities...Week 2: The spectrum of personal investments: 2.4.1 Investing in peer-to-peer products - To complete the review of investment products, let’s look at one that has only been around for a few years – but which has rapidly become popular – peer-to-peer lending. But it is also an...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
EPQs: why give a presentation?
Education & Development

EPQs: why give a presentation?

...simple guidelines will help keep your presentation interesting and impactful. When deciding, think about: What’s best for your content? do you have a lot of images? (useful) are there graphs and charts? (useful) is it all text? (not so useful) What’s best for your audience? how old are they? what are they interested in? where are you giving the presentation – small...
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Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...simple exchanges when buying drinks and snacks in an Italian café understand some customs relating to Italian cafés begin to use the indefinite article in Italian...Beginners’ Italian: food and drink: 1 Learning the names of drinks in Italian - In this section you find out what some common drinks and snacks are called in Italian, and hear a waiter taking an order from...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...simple terms, an example of everyday critical thinking is, I’m going hiking today, should I wear trainers or sandals? Critical thinking involves making an assessment of something, and then providing a critique of that position and putting forward new positions. For example, flip flops may be comfortable for the first part of the hike, in hot weather. However, the top of...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...simple term for a cancerous condition which, starting from the lack of space and light in the homes of the workers, festers and complicates itself, in numberless vicious circles, feeding on their Scottish vigour of character, their education, their stony wills; has developed into a political movement, quite apart from Marxianism, which threatens to harden into almost as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...simple either–or positions. Both personality and diet are often presented in this manner, as introvert against extrovert and low-fat diets against high-fat diets, respectively. This reduction of complex arguments also makes it easier for the media to present to a mass audience. In reality, things are never that clear cut, with a range of aspects interacting, especially...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs