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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...concept of feedback loops...Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows: 1 An environmental icon - The polar bear has become an international climate change icon. But how much is known about this bear, its habitat and its life? By way of introduction, you will start with the name of this bear. To a British person it is the polar bear, to a German it is an...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...nation. “There is not a single politician,” agreed the Spanish thinker Joaquin Xavier de Uriz, writing in 1801, “who does not accept the clear fact that the greatest possible number of law-abiding and hard-working men constitutes the happiness, strength and wealth of any state”. Statesmen and public-spirited individuals therefore devoted attention to building this healthy population. It was the productivity puzzle of the ......
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Article 5 mins
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...concept of citizen science and how to become a citizen scientist. This first week of the course examines the growth of citizen science and how it contributes to scientific knowledge. You will learn about its historical context – how amateur scientists have long been contributing to scientific research and biological recording. You will also learn how, with the support...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...prompt Liddy to ask ‘Who did you try?’ and when Bathsheba refuses to tell her, Liddy, that ever-rippling shallow little brook, picks up on an unspoken association of ideas and teasingly plays with it. She asks first if her mistress noticed what Boldwood did in church that morning. Which turns out to be nothing at all: unlike the rest of the congregation, he failed to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...concepts on methods or techniques which may go alongside other teaching content. And then I think finally more broadly, I think, as a way of working, I think we are continuing with many of our meetings conducted online. That we are more flexible in the working conditions we are able to offer staff with more working from home. And it's important, I think, that we do still...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...prompted to make an entry into your 'learning log'. This can take many forms. You can use a word processor or computer note pad or you can use an online journal or organiser, it could even take the form of a book in which you make hand written notes. However, for the purposes of creating evidence of completing this course, I recommend that you use some sort of electronic...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...concepts, through instruction, worked examples and practice activities: reflecting on mathematics; reading articles for mathematical information; making sense of data; interpreting graphs and charts draw on a technical glossary, plus a list of references to further reading and sources of help, which can help to improve maths skills...Working with charts, graphs and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...concept of leadership in the early years demonstrate an awareness of factors that influence leadership and teamwork understand how teamwork can support leadership skills reflect on personal leadership and teamwork skills...Early years team work and leadership: 1 Thinking about leadership - In this section you will consider the increasing emphasis on leadership in early...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs