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Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...economic, environmental and lifestyle factors that can influence the health of a person. Individual factors are at the centre of the diagram while wider social, economic and other factors are represented on the outside. [At the top of the image is the text ‘General socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions’. Underneath this are sections labelled as...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...economics, and so on. The range of applications can be extended even further by including the related word ‘classic’, as in ‘classic’ literature, films, cars and so on. Indeed to describe something as ‘classic’ sometimes amounts to little more than a vague statement of approval. We shall look in more detail at the application of these terms to Latin and Greek...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...Economic growth is supposed to work the same way – increased wealth this year allows us to spend and invest to produce more wealth next year, with this continuing year after year. Of course, the sound from the loudspeaker cannot get louder and louder forever, populations of organisms don’t actually go on expanding forever, and whatever economists may say, economic...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...economic running and swimming are difficult to combine in the same animal...Studying mammals: Return to the water: 2.4 Staying warm … - In this section, you will meet the term 'thermal conductivity' and you will be asked to accept that it is 'a measure of how readily heat flows from a particular material'. You may be uncomfortable about the lack of detailed explanation...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...economic bias or the reflection of a situation that has since changed. Internal company or organisation reports These may be useful in a few situations but should be used sparingly, particularly if they are not readily available to the wider community of researchers. They will also not have been through a process of academic review. Such unpublished or semi-published...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). (An example is the Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership between Brunel University London, the Open University and the University of Oxford.) Alternatively, the funding body may be a separate organisation that supports PhD research with a specified focus. (As just one example, the Association of Commonwealth Universities...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...economic factors, with richer and/or more densely populated areas being better represented. Population density also reflects geography; deserts and high mountains are usually sparsely inhabited. Why is there a relative imbalance in coverage between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? The Southern Hemisphere is under-represented in terms of coverage, because compared...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...economic and political context helps shape how businesses respond to global challenges...Introduction to operations management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the input–process–output framework, the extensions of it, and apply them to a wide range of operations examine the types of transformation processes occurring...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs