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Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...writing this course a decision had to be made as to what to present from a number of studies and reports. One useful study, which was drawn upon to develop the carbon calculator, breaks down an individual’s mean CO2 equivalent emissions into a few high-level categories (Table 1). Table 1 High-level breakdown of the mean UK carbon footprint per person SECTOR GHG...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...writing numerical values in scientific notation is, therefore, that all the digits in the number that multiplies the power of ten are significant figures. We will introduce the units in which physical quantities are generally measured. For example, time is measured in seconds, length in metres, energy in joules and electric current in amperes. A detailed understanding of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...write two paragraphs: a.the first comparing the three measures of housing affordability in the UK for first-time buyers and existing owners over the period 1988 to 2016. b.the second giving your conclusion, based on the evidence in the charts, on whether UK house prices are ‘too high’. Discussion There are many different paragraphs you could write, but here is an...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...writing (2003) the threat is considered to be so low that vaccination has only been reintroduced in the UK and USA for health workers who would be in the ‘front line’ of any response to an outbreak...Vaccination: 1.5 Summary of Section 1 - Smallpox, caused by the variola virus, was one of the great pandemic infectious diseases for more than 10,000 years, killing a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Protest song
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Protest song

...writing. The course focuses on protest song, a musical genre that has played an important role in Hispanic society...This free course, Advanced Spanish: Protest song, will develop your knowledge and understanding of the societies and cultures of Spain and Latin America and extend the practical skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course focuses on...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...writing on a motorway billboard big enough to be seen? Does the story in the advert make sense? The media In the contemporary media landscape with so many channels, it is important that an appropriate medium is chosen. For example, younger consumers are more likely to be found consuming digital media rather than many of the mass media channels preferred by the older...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...now to see if we can activate the fetus’s brain,” he writes. “It is AMAZING.” Scott Routley died in September 2013 with his family by his side. Adrian Owen’s friend Anne remains in a vegetative state. Adrian Owen and Jessica Grahn’s baby boy, Jackson, was born on 9 October 2013. This article was originally published by Mosaic in 2014, under a CC-BY licence...
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Article 15 mins
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...write and think about phenomena ‘from within the “mental landscape” and using the terminology of an imagined model’ (Millar, 2002, p. 55). Through this it has the potential to build a bridge between objects and observable properties, and the realm of idea (Millar, 2002, p. 58). The typical teacher-led practical work activities have an important role in school...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs