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Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...physical process of breathing, the movement of air in and out of our lungs. Within the lungs, oxygen from the air is taken in, and some carbon dioxide is released from the body when we breathe out. When the oxygen reaches the cells of our bodies (and also the cells of other animals and plants), chemical reactions break down some of the complex carbon compounds such as...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...physics), or particular fields within the sciences, as being dominated in any one period by a single paradigm. [People playing tug of war with a rope.] Figure 5 People can hold views that can be considered in opposition to those of others In the social sciences, however, within which some argue education and childhood and youth research sits, it can be argued that there...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...physical defences, there was a shift towards protecting urban areas and a noticeable example was the start of construction on the Thames Barrier. However, public confidence in the government’s approach, already waning, was shaken by severe floods in the year 2000, which triggered a shift towards a ‘making space for water’ strategy and growing unrest in the insurance...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...physical gestures. In many cases, language might be taking second place, for example when it is mainly being used to accompany actions. At the other end, an academic article will be carefully planned, with no reader input, and with very few other modes of meaning (though in some cases, graphs, diagrams and charts may well be used alongside the words). This cartoon above...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...physical feature puts a disabled person under a ‘substantial disadvantage’, a landowner only has to make reasonable adjustments to it if they are a ‘service provider’. There is one issue of fact and one issue of law. Everything else is agreed. The factual issue is whether the gate amounts to a ‘substantial disadvantage’ to Sara Hopmeier. Sara Hopmeier says...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...physical disabilities, and also old people. So really, we cover a wide spectrum. Predominantly, nine times out of 10, we work on our own. We work through the night, which means that we have to prioritise work. We have to do assessments and investigations. And so there's a lot of responsibility and accountability, really, because obviously, we have to stand by those...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...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 5 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...physical world around us to meet some recognised need’ (Rogers, 1983). Rogers was not a software developer, but an engineer specialising in thermodynamics and jet-engine development. Yet his definition captures the essence of engineering and has a wide applicability which extends to software. Much of our endeavour in software development is the design and construction...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs