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Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...based near Aleppo, the Syrian capital, located in the north part of the country. Plant scientists at the ICARDA’s base near Aleppo had a history of developing important new strains of drought resistant and heat resistant wheat, taking traits from crop varieties grown in the past. These old crop varieties are hard to come by. Farmers don’t grow them in their fields any...
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How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?
Nature & Environment

How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?

...based energy, the rate of growth might indeed slow from exponential to simple linear models. Organisations might be tempted to consider digital carbon footprints inconsequential when compared to other parts of their business but given the points above and the continual digital transformation of entire industries, this would be a miscalculation. The opportunity presented...
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Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...based programmes designed Assessment, monitoring Resources made available Segregation and alternative services Training for parents and professionals Ordinary needs put on hold Relationships nurtured Re-entry if ‘normal’ enough or permanent exclusion Diversity welcomed; child is welcomed Society remains unchanged Society evolves From: Rieser (2001, p. 139). While...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Liquidity management
Money & Business

Liquidity management

...base of the organisation – either through the taking on of new debt or through a new share issue. The way liquidity risk can be (or has to be) managed varies between different sectors and may also reflect the size of the organisation. For small organisations, management of liquidity risk often comes down to cash flow management over a fairly short time period. With no...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...based and anti-oppressive practice, so long as professionals are committed to practising in this manner. Any attempt to provide a definitive answer to the question ‘What is law?’ has the potential to mislead, and legal theorists continue to debate its meaning. At first, this might seem unsatisfactory and difficult to comprehend, given people’s common understanding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...Based on parent and nurse feedback (Simons et al., 2024; Simons and Plowright Pepper, 2024) the following are suggested as actions to take: Nurses should: start the day by giving the parent/carer their name identify pain management at the start of a shift as a priority provide parents/carers with information about how their child’s pain will be managed give information...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...based in the Global North. The videos contribute to a much-needed conversation across a global divide. Sometimes it’s an uncomfortable conversation, and you might not immediately agree with everything that is said! There’s no harm in that. But listening is crucial to working out why you might initially disagree, and then deciding what the right questions to ask are....
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Article 5 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...based architecture hosted by technology partner Fujitsu, which took over from IBM as M&B’s primary technology partner in 2011, just pipping Vodafone-owned Cable & Wireless to the contract. In the process, IT at head office was almost entirely virtualised, while a new operational data store (ODS), based on Oracle, was installed to take trading data from outlets on a...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs