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Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...class) called the Mammalia. Mammals evolved on land, but a number of species have become adapted to spending part or all of their lives in water and it is these mammals that you are going to concentrate on. In this free course, Aquatic mammals, you are going to meet some aquatic mammals, find out how we can study them, consider their evolutionary history and read about...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...classes. Outside the safety of the walls is an area, present in many Ulster towns of the period, believed to have housed the native population who wished to reside near the town, but who were not in need of the town’s protection. Despite the similarity in layout to other Ulster towns, Newry did develop in a unique fashion thanks to its local topography. The early town...
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Article 15 mins
Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief and COVID-19: Mourning what we know, who we miss and the way we say goodbye

...classes, total school closures, and education delivered through home-based, online learning (Courtney et al, 2020). Additionally, leisure activities have been limited since in most countries, children have not been allowed to access playgrounds, or social group activities and sports clubs have been closed (Fegert et al, 2020). This disruption has impacted upon the way...
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Article 20 mins
EPQs: designing your research question
Education & Development

EPQs: designing your research question

...class, or your family. Perhaps there’s something that you’re already very interested in and you want to take a bit further. It might be that you want to develop skills that will be useful to you at university, such as studying independently, understanding how research works and communicating well. Perhaps it’s as simple as you’d like something to put on your UCAS...
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Article 5 mins
Careers education and guidance
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance

...Class Licence Number C01W0000065 with the permission of the Controller if HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...variables - including energy, volume, pressure, temperature and entropy - to characterise the state of the water as a whole. The amazing thing is that this works. The thermodynamic description is massively incomplete, yet it is sufficient to make useful predictions. There is a special branch of physics, called statistical mechanics, which attempts to bridge the gap...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...de-greased and cleansed skin), thought out or discovered how it can be done (soap in the form of a shower gel), designed, set up and run the means for making the thing (raw materials, process equipment, energy source, labour and finance) and delivered it to the consumer. You can see that this nutshell description of what engineering involves already identifies or implies...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...variables in development intervention identify initial strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with development intervention...Diagramming for development 1: Bounding realities: 1 Case study: the Working for Water Programme - Before we look at the diagrams, take a moment to read this case study. You will be referring to it throughout this unit, so...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs