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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
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
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
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
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
Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...write more detailed notes before continuing...Seeing the light: 2 The Secret Life of Buildings - Activity 1 The Secret Life of Buildings Timing: Allow about 40 minutes Watch The Secret Life of Buildings. As you watch it, try to make notes about the key points made. Then answer the questions below. Tom Dyckhoff Your home is the most important piece of architecture you’ll...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...writing (2004) the dam was near completion. The scheme is enormously popular with the dam contractors and with political parties in those local Indian states which will benefit from the extra water and electricity. It is also popular with those who have had to walk miles to collect water each day and who do not have enough water to irrigate their crops. It is not popular,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs