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Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?
Nature & Environment

Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?

...health of the ocean. [The Conversation]Making algae a common part of more people’s diets won’t be easy. We need to ensure that any new algae food products on our dinner plates have the needed nutritional value but are also attractive and safe to eat. But sticking with our traditional salmon and tuna diet isn’t sustainable. Expanding our seafood menus could be a...
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Article 5 mins
Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks
Health, Sports & Psychology

Victory through resilience: how England Vitality Roses adapted to setbacks

...health problems, or workplace and financial stressors. It means ‘bouncing back’ from difficult experiences. Resilience is not necessarily a trait we’re born with – it can be developed through experiences, mindset shifts, culture, and support systems (Chemaly, 2024). A key factor in resilience can be having caring and supportive relationships within and outside the...
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Article 5 mins
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...health (if appropriate) □ Required motivation and social skills □ Required attitude or general approach to the work involved Check 5 – What are the working conditions? □ The physical environment □ The social conditions and work group context □ The economic conditions including funding and pay Check 6 – Who should be consulted about the analysis? □ Check...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...health and economic systems in practically every country and continent. Developing vaccines for the virus required timely and effective actions by governments and citizens, technological adaptation and innovation, and collaboration between scientific, technological and health professionals around the world. However, successful technological innovation is only one strand...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...Health Organization (WHO, 2002), about 1.7 million people die each year due to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene. In this text we consider in outline the major sources of pollution and the effect that pollutants have on the aquatic environment. The activities located throughout the text will help you to review and remember what you have read. This OpenLearn course is...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...Health and Social Care 4.2.3 Maths, Computing and Technology 4.2.4 Science 4.2.5 Social Sciences Feel free to focus only the subject areas you are interested in studying, or are studying...Developing good academic practice: 4.2.1 Arts - You have been advised that there is no need to provide a reference for a piece of factual information that is deemed to be common...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...mental health, Helen King from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, and Julie Johnson a child, adolescent and family psychotherapist. Maybe I could just start by asking you all what you describe as the most radical impact the internet has had on children in the past ten years? HELEN KING The access to social networking is the ability to communicate outside...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...mental health on communication. The research in Plymouth shows that there are many children, significant numbers with delayed speech and language skills, and we can make a difference to that. And so the multi-agency work that we’re doing and the fact that I'm working with an education team with the early years advisory teachers, working with the communication...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs