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Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...write, and count and develop their mental and physical abilities so they can reach their full potential as adults. The right to food means that every child must have enough healthy food so they have strong and healthy bodies. The right to health means that children must be allowed to grow in a safe, clean environment so they can become healthy adults. They must be cared...
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...writing down of the face-value of Greek bonds - of €206bn, accompanied by a second bailout package (a new €100 billion loan and a retroactive lowering of the bailout interest rates), was agreed. Investors were asked to write off 53.5% of the face value of the Greek sovereign bonds they were holding. * The International Monetary Fund (IMF) describes itself as an...
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...write it down. Do not go and look it up or search online for the right answer – this is about guessing Write down an upper and lower limit that you are 98 per cent certain contains the correct answer. For example, how far is the earth from the sun? Estimate: 150,000,000 km Upper and lower limit: 200,000,000 km and 100,000,000 km What was the: value of Swedish exports in...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...writing a report which was subsequently published and distributed to politicians, scientists, industrialists, journalists and anyone else likely to be interested. Reading 2 Click to read Geoffrey Lee's account of the consensus conference. The author was a lay-panel member for the first UKNCC and chaired the report-writing session. As you read through his account of the...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...writing down your password. Using devices and handling information Understanding hardware, software, operating systems and applications and how to manage and store digital information and assets. Communicating How to communicate effectively digitally depending on the ‘tools’ and ‘context’. Creating and editing Developing the skills to create and edit using digital...
Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...writing 3 x 3, we write 32 and express this as three to the ‘power’ or ‘order’ of 2.) Brackets are the first term used in BODMAS and should always be used to avoid any possibility of ambiguity or misunderstanding. A better way of writing 12 + 21 x 3 is thus 12 + (21 x 3). This makes it clear which operation should be done first. 12 + (21 x 3) is thus done on the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...writing the same number. One approach involved writing out lots of zeros, while the other approach used the number 10, raised to the power of 14 – an approach known as scientific notation. Using scientific notation removes the difficulty of having to keep an eye on all those zeros and reduces the potential to accidentally miss one out or include an extra one! Scientific...
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...Write down the risk factors from Box 1 in the article and note down how you might prevent an exacerbation of asthma. What clinical signs and symptoms might be used when assessing the severity of an asthma exacerbation? What is included in the examination of an acute episode of asthma? What are the most common medications used for an acute episode of asthma? Write a...