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Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...c for Alex or Jo? Is there something in your own background or experience that led you to that option? Discussion When making an important decision there are often a range of issues that inform your choices. Some of these you may be able to see very clearly. Others you may not even be aware of until they are in front of you – but can influence the choices you make. For...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...c) garbage-can and (d) personal beliefs approaches to decision making seemed to apply (one for each). Discussion (a) I used rational choice to help in deciding which applicant to appoint to the post of ‘field assistant’ on a project I was managing. Detailed criteria were developed for both person and post and all applicants were assessed against those criteria. (b)...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...la Géographie des Plantes, Levrault, Schell & Co., Paris. Kohn, D.D. and Walsh, D.M. 1994. Plant species richness – the effect of island size and habitat diversity. Journal of Ecology, 82, 367–377. Linder, H.P. 2005. The evolution of diversity: the Cape flora. Trends in Plant Science, 10, 537–542. MacArthur, R.H. and Wilson, E.O. 1967. The Theory of Island...
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Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...C, Budd, T., Partridge, S. and Mayhew, P. (1998) The 1998 British Crime Survey Englnd Wales, Home Office Statistical Bulletin 21/98 Activity 11 The British Crime Survey The British Crime Survey (BCS) is a sample survey carried out in England and Wales by the Home Office. The survey was first carried out in 1982, and at the time of writing (2001) is done every two years....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...C. (1984), Black and White Britain: The Third PSI Survey. London: Heinemann. FitzGerald, M. (1989), ‘Legal Approaches to Racial Harassment in Council Housing: The Case for Reassessment’, New Community, 16, 1: 93–105. — and Hale, C. (1996), Ethnic Minorities: Victimisation and Racial Harassment: Findings from the 1988 and 1992 British Crime Surveys. Home Office...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...c’ and so on to the conclusion. Before moving on from the concept of causality, I want to raise the issue of thinking about chains of causes and consequences or multiple causes, as this an important feature of systems thinking. When we say that A causes B (e.g. rising damp causes peeling wallpaper), or B is the consequence of A (e.g. peeling wallpaper is the consequence...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...c. 40 million d. 125 million The correct answer is b. Discussion The processor market is vast; it is estimated that around 1 billion processors were sold in 2000. Select the answer for Question 2 here Which of the numbers given below is closest to the number of processors sold worldwide in 2020? 12 billion 123 million 25 billion 1 billion a. 12 billion b. 123 million c....
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...C) in the Mesozoic Era. The question that arises from a consideration of the past is, what does the future hold? Are we now in the period of a sixth mass extinction?...Week 2: Global biodiversity: 7.1 The sixth mass extinction? - [Picture of a yellow-legged frog] Figure 20 The critically endangered Nevada yellow-legged frog In the last 400 years, around 1000 species are...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs