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COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...Health recently posted a graph which purported to show that new cases in the five most impacted counties have dropped considerably for the past two weeks. That does appear to be the case from the figure, but look closely at the dates on the X-axis below… [Graph of Top 5 counties with the greatest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases] The dates are actually not in...
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Succeeding in postgraduate study Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...health, and will dampen your enjoyment. Try to balance your studies with your work and lifestyle. Make sure you also set aside time for friends, social activities, hobbies and other personal interests – you do need time to unwind and re-energise. Focus on your goals. Focus on your immediate goals (a deadline, activity, assignment) and your longer term goals (the end of...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...mentality and political contexts in which the Mafia thrived, and set out the familiar scenarios in which they operated. In this and his other short detective novels (often inconclusive and without happy endings) he suggested that to understand the Mafia you needed to know Sicilian history and culture. Williams and Sciascia belonged to the left-wing anti-fascist generation...
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Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?
Society, Politics & Law

Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?

...mental for rough sleepers: “I remember coming here in the mornings, like half eight in the mornings when it opens, just like, you know, so relieved to just get in somewhere, and I'd get myself in the shower. Sometimes I'd just stand, you know, I'd stand under that hot shower for about ten minutes just standing there, you know, kind of recharging myself.” However,...
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Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...health at New York University. “Really, that’s all it takes.” But Nash and Haelle do not find weight control so simple. And part of the problem goes way beyond individual self-control. The numbers logged in Nash’s Fitbit, or printed on the food labels that Haelle reads religiously, are at best good guesses. Worse yet, as scientists are increasingly finding, some...
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Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...mental and cognitive process. Figure 1 Scarlett interacting with her father You will start to consider the relationship between language and learning by looking closely at an informal exchange between a young child, her father and her grandmother. Activity 1 Timing: Allow 1 hour FATHER Should we just fill up the watering cans? SCARLETT Yeah. It’s coming down nice....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...mental health, and she had support from the adolescent mental health team for some years. Amina also disclosed to the midwife that she and Ali are having arguments about money and sometimes he drinks quite a lot of alcohol. Now answer the following questions about the scenario you selected. 1. Critical analysis demands the recognition of multiple perspectives. Can you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...health-and-safety aspects of working environments could apply...Software and the law: 6.1 Data protection legislation - Organisations have always retained a certain amount of information about people in their manual filing systems – for example, records relating to employees, customers, students or hospital patients. This information could be misused – for example,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs