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How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...Introduction Adjusted figures Visualising GDP indicators Bendy scales Using logarithmic scales to describe growth rates Ratio scales and percentages How ratio scales – such as percentage scales – scale How do we talk about changes in percentage? Use percentage points Summary Introduction Transcript When we want to compare figures from two different countries, what...
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A Victorian Christmas: Christmas Day In The Workhouse
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas Day In The Workhouse

...managers to discover what the poor of London could expect for their Christmas Day. The following is an extract of their report...Celebration of Christmas Day amongst the poor inmates of the metropolitan and suburban workhouses [Caricature of poor people at a workhouse having dinner; by Phiz] A view of a typical 1840 workhouse meal In the following will be found succinctly...
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A reader's guide to Holes
History & The Arts

A reader's guide to Holes

...with Sigourney Weaver as the sinister Warden and Jon Voight playing an odious guard, Mr Sir. The author has said that his main aim in his books is to make them enjoyable. The moral element has to be secondary to the pleasure provided. Certainly, despite the suffering it describes, ‘Holes’ manages to be a humorous novel and, ultimately, it proves to be truly uplifting....
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Wellbeing and mental health collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Wellbeing and mental health collection

...management or digital related stress. Mae'r casgliad yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | This collection is also available in Welsh. [Wales logos] The development of this collection was funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. It was delivered by The Open University in Wales in partnership with Wrexham Glyndŵr University, Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult...
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Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...introduction to how children use digital technologies, such as mobile applications, digital games and computers, and what they learn from these experiences. The course draws on debates about screen time to critically examine and present evidence about the effects of digital technologies on children’s learning and development. It concludes with a set of evidence-based...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...introduction to carefully selected materials helps you decide what you might want to study. You will be looking at three main areas: arts and humanities; the social sciences; and maths, technology and science...What is university study like? Is it for me? If you are asking yourself these questions, this badged course is for you. Taking your first steps into higher...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
World must avert flood of climate refugees - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

World must avert flood of climate refugees - Climate News Network

...manageable rise in average temperatures. Such events, the report said, could include a substantial increase in global sea levels, intense storms and hurricanes, and continent-wide “dustbowl” effects, which could lead to wars for access to food, water, habitable land and energy supplies. “Violence and disruption stemming from the stresses created by abrupt changes in...
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How to provide a trauma-informed police response to victims of rape and serious sexual offences
Society, Politics & Law

How to provide a trauma-informed police response to victims of rape and serious sexual offences

...managing trauma and dispelling rape myths. However, FROs report that their training is insufficient and covers limited areas of the role, including pragmatic guidance such as early evidence kits and covering the FRO booklet. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) days were received positively by FROs, however attendance is not mandatory, meaning CPD attendance is often...
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