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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...Health in Transport Vehicles, vol. 47, pp. 138–149 [Online]. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.08.001. Marique, A.-F. and Rossi, B. (2018) ‘Cradle-to-grave life-cycle assessment within the built environment: Comparison between the refurbishment and the complete reconstruction of an office building in Belgium’, Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 224, pp. 396–405...
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Article 10 mins
The UK votes out: Instant reaction
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out: Instant reaction

...health and the environment to child safety and international security. The European Union as it was came into existence when the Cold War ended. Leaders the world over feared the uncertain consequences of the demise of the old politics of left and right. Avoiding risk rapidly became their new organising framework in a period devoid of other guiding principles. Their...
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Forth Road Bridge
History & The Arts

Forth Road Bridge

...health of the cables? KEITH PERRYMAN Exactly, the difference being that we have fifteen microphones placed over the entire length of each cable and we’re listening all the time. ALICE ROBERTS Continuously, twenty-four hours? KEITH PERRYMAN Absolutely. ALICE ROBERTS The microphones began their round-the-clock vigil in August 2006, and straightaway the computers began to...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...health Susannah Cullen died in 1796 (Lovejoy, 2006). Her death was followed by Equiano who died in London in March 1797 and their eldest daughter Anna Maria after she contracted measles age four years in July 1797 (Downs, 2020). [Sculpture of Olaudah Equiano, the Queen's House, Greenwich]Sculpture of Olaudah Equiano (Photo by ©JRennocks)Show description The commemorative...
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Article 5 mins
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...mental representation of what your experience might be like. But the limitations on my understanding of the world are even more fundamental than this. My mental image of the world is a model. It is a partial representation of reality based on the partial knowledge I have of the external world. So, when I think I am thinking about the world I am thinking about my model of...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...mental ill-health by the cruelty of fellow human beings. Typically these stories begin in childhood experiences of racist bullying; they continue through covert and overt displays of racism in the workplace, repeated to varying degrees of intensity depending on the context. Whereas tragic stories deal in questions of (in)justice, horror stories are more psychotic in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...mental calculations. An important skill in accounting is also the ability to manipulate simple equations. This week you will also be introduced to the accounting equation which is the foundation of the double-entry system of accounting. Being able to understand and express the accounting equation in different forms is crucial to understanding and preparing the balance...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Cefnogi datblygiad plant
Education & Development

Cefnogi datblygiad plant

...Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing. Er bod yr adnodd hwn wedi'i anelu'n bennaf at athrawon sy'n cynllunio rhaglen o wersi, ceir gwybodaeth ddefnyddiol iawn am amrywiaeth o broblemau iechyd meddwl fel anhwylderau bwyta, gorbryder a hunan-niweidio. Mae'r cynnwys rhestrau llyfrau a ffynonellau cymorth ar-lein tuag at ddiwedd y ddogfen hon. Y Sefydliad Ymddygiad Heriol...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs