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Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...physical comfort? Are you comfortable with your workspace? Are there things you can do to improve it? What sort of skills and capacities do you think you might need for the unit? How many of these do you have already? What skills will you need to pick up? What will you need to look for in the unit to acquire these skills and capacities? How does your answer compare with...
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...physical object like an apple. But even a short lyric poem is dramatic, the response of a speaker (no matter how abstractly conceived) to a situation (no matter how universalised). We ought to impute the thoughts and attitudes of the poem immediately to the dramatic speaker, and if to the author at all, only by an act of biographical inference. There is a sense in which...
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...
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...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...physics, astronomy and anatomy. For example, Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), professor of anatomy at Padua University, published De Humani Corporis Fabrica (‘On the fabric of the human body’) in 1543 (Figure 10). Where medieval anatomy texts drew the human body in ways that fitted with humoral theory, Vesalius based his illustrations on observations made during the...
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...
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...physical help getting upstairs. Needs understanding of the experiences and difficulties he faces. Needs moral support. Ann needs help with the physical task of supporting Angus. Needs moral support. Bob needs to be greeted, to relax after work, have his tea, then go off to play football. Zoe needs to be greeted – to talk about implications of failing English – have...
Level 1: Introductory 3 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...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs