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The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...physics so that appropriate precautions can be taken within the nuclear industry. During the first few weeks, many were frustrated at the piecemeal nature of the information coming out of Daiichi so this visit was also an opportunity to increase transparency of information. Initially, the main battle was with the reactors themselves. As time went on the overriding issue...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...physical and mental wellbeing is maximised and in which choices and behaviours that benefit future health are understood. A Wales of Cohesive Communities Attractive, safe, viable and well-connected. A Wales of Vibrant Culture and Thriving Welsh Language A society that promotes and protects culture, heritage, and the Welsh language, and which encourages people to...
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...physical make-up and are simply what comes naturally to him, those of the great man seem to come from reflection and to provide him with a sense of direction. The hero is said to have military genius, which presumably means an innate instinct for what will work on the battlefield, while the great man is said to have moral virtues in addition to talent and genius. The...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...physical environment. Identity – your sense of self, a ‘self’ that is situated in a multiplicity of social situations, and is required to present/understand its ’self’ in different (and frequently contradictory) ways. In this short course it is not possible to explore these issues as broadly and deeply as you might wish; but it should give you the opportunity to...
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...physical comfort, eating and drinking, while observing and reporting specific changes to the registered nurse providing support for patients’ family and friends performing and reporting clinical observations of a patient’s temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure obtaining measurement of a patient’s height and weight. Before the creation of these new...
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...physical environment. Increasingly used to house black and Arab populations, the French mainstream media and political elites also associated them with poverty, criminality and social decay. They were a world removed from ‘traditional’ (i.e. white Catholic) French society, a world in which social tensions between disaffected youth and the police regularly spilled over...
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...physical capital - machines and so on, so forth. With rise of robotics, nanotechnology, and 4D printing and all that, the investment required for plant and machinery will shrink, and you will have lot more distributed production activity going on, apart from, of course, if you are doing railroads, for example, if they remain very relevant in 50 years' time. So physical...
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...physical, material and sensual practices that are key elements of many people’s religious lives. By looking at the diversity of religious practices, we have emphasised that there is no fixed or unassailable barrier between putatively ‘official’ rules and lived reality. There is, rather, a dynamic and fluid continuum between what people are taught and what they...