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Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...mental process of coming into this institution can be horrendous sometimes. You know, stripping you of your identity as you come through the gate, you know, in through the reception. We, we don't get it here but I've seen it and I've felt it in other establishments. You're just totally stripped of your identity and if you're coming in for a fairly minor offence that can...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...Health NIH held a two-day summit in Washington D.C. over the matter. They could no longer ignore the evidence. At the end of the summit they released a statement stating that ‘the key to treatment of duodenal and gastric ulcer was detection and eradication of Helicobacter pylori.’ With that stamp of approval on his work, the majority of holdouts in the medical...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...Health Service (NHS), of the largest organisations in the world, was unable to change as planned – because of failed IT systems. Many more examples, from the private, public and voluntary sectors, may come to your mind. But what exactly do we mean by success or failure in an IT system? This course mostly focuses on success, and helps you understand what we mean by a...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...mental health...From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise definitions and applications of key terms relating to mental health understand and apply basic grammatical terminology describe briefly the different types of sounds used in speech in both acoustic and articulatory terms...
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...wellbeing of the suckling and some, collectively called antibodies, help the youngster withstand infection...Introducing mammals: 5.1 Fat content of milk - Fat is another key constituent of milk. The fat content of milk can vary over time, and the variation in milk composition between species is even greater. For example, rhinoceros milk contains hardly any fat, while...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate

...mental processes. Emotional intelligence is especially important for leaders due to the phenomenon of emotional contagion – the ability to “infect” large numbers of people with your emotions. Research shows that emotionally intelligent leaders are especially skilled at emotional contagion. This is a fundamental component of what scholars call charisma, the whole...
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...mental fog descend when we are asked to deal with them. This is because numerical information is information in a very condensed and abstract form. A number on its own means very little. You have to learn to read it. Numeracy (the ability to work with numbers) is a skill that we can learn. It is a very useful skill, because it allows us to understand very quickly the...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...mental distress enforced body modifications, such as the amputation of pigs’ tails, the ‘clipping’ of piglets’ teeth, the castration of piglets or the partial amputation of hens’ beaks (sometimes called ‘debeaking’) increased incidence of injury or infections resulting from the farm environment, such as mastitis (a painful inflammation of cows’ udders)...