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Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...physical world and the behaviour of others (Kelley, 1967). Heuristics are mental shortcuts or ‘rules of thumb’. For example, the British Army saying ‘If it moves salute it, if it doesn't paint it white’ is an example of a heuristic. We use heuristics and take shortcuts to reduce the complexity, cost and time taken to make decisions. While the more pessimistic...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...physical characteristic of the great majority of omnivores is a non-specialist dentition. What about other aspects of their biology? Question 11 Question: Many omnivores (e.g. bears, pigs) have a good sense of smell. To what extent do you think that this might be another defining characteristic of omnivores? Answer Many carnivores (e.g. brown hyenas) also have an...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...physical properties of air and water and describe implications of such differences for aquatic mammals give examples of the adaptations displayed by aquatic mammals that enable them to hold their breath while submerged for relatively long periods describe some of the biological differences between pinnipeds, sirenians and cetaceans discuss the importance of communication...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...physical appearance on the page. Discussion On a superficial level, even the appearance of work can be a give-away and betray a lack of planning. Solid blocks of text can look overwhelming. You should normally aim for an average of three or four paragraphs per side of word-processed A4 paper. Solid blocks of text imply that the writer hasn't taken the time or is unable to...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...Physical/biological: age, height, size, state of health, assets, flaws, sexuality, gait, voice. Psychological: intelligence, temperament, happiness/unhappiness, attitudes, self-knowledge, unconscious aspects. Interpersonal/cultural: family, friends, colleagues, birthplace, education, hobbies, beliefs, values, lifestyle. Personal history: major events in the life,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...physical killing – that is constitutive of the political, Schmitt’s attempt to deduce the political from a place where it did not yet exist requires a definition of the enemy as such, one that is linked to the possibility of a proper war – that is, an existentially political war. It is a distinction whose disappearance in the wake of modern warfare Schmitt both...
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Article 15 mins
Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl

...Physical Fitness: Active Lifestyles for Wellness (14eg argraffiad), Llundain, McGraw-Hill. Lawlor, D.A. a Hopker, S.W. (2001) ‘The effectiveness of exercise as an intervention in the management of depression: systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomised controlled trials’, British Medical Journal (argraffiad Clinical Research ), cyf. 322, rhif. 7289,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...physical force inflicted by one person on another. With this in mind, if we were to ask who the most violent offenders in UK society are, we might expect various answers about young males of certain socio-ethnic profiles. Such answers might be informed by media-generated stereotypes. But are they true? A critical criminological analysis challenges the premises upon which...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs