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Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...health of our environment. Across the UK, most species of butterflies and moths are in some kind of decline. But the good news is you can do something about it. You can help by taking part in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count. And by doing so, you'll be able to help them work out how best to help the butterflies. On top of that, it's a great way of having fun...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...wellbeing to a greater or lesser extent, depending on where we are located in the overall picture. The issues of deep concern associated with development, such as environmental degradation, poverty, disruptive new technologies, and shifting global power dynamics, connect every society around the world. Responding to such issues entails wide-reaching social, economic,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...health privacy reasons, Lisa was not able to put me in touch with her patients directly. When Lisa looked at her Facebook profile, she was surprised to see that she had, at some point, given Facebook her cell phone number. It’s a number that her patients could also have in their phones. Many people don’t realize that if they give Facebook access to their phone...
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Audio 5 mins
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...health leaders who can’t discharge people from their hospitals because care services are not in place to help them in the community. Care providers – the vast majority of whom are in the for-profit or not-for-profit sectors rather than public sector – are nervous that the money will get stuck in local authorities and they won’t see the cash they need to keep...
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Article 5 mins
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...mental states should be possible. In practice, because the evidence is incomplete, that goal may not be achieved. The multiplicity of interpretations of an artwork reflects this unfortunate fact’ (Carrier, 1991, p. 7). Activity 12 Read Carrier's chapter now. Click to read the chapter by David Carrier. Note that Carrier uses the term ‘humanism’ in a very particular...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...Health / United States Department of Health and Human Services Figure 12: (b) Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University / National Cancer Institute / Science Photo Library Figure 13: (a) Heiti Paves, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons; (c) Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
Money & Business

Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting

...mental calculations as well as a calculator to perform these numerical skills. The ability to use a calculator effectively is as important- as the ability to use a spreadsheet program. The material in this section covers the essential numerical skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, through to decimals, percentages, fractions and negative numbers. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...health herself. Neither does Catherine have the classical beauty of the novelistic heroine, her unprepossessing looks in themselves rendering her ‘unpropitious’ for such a role. Furthermore, she clearly lacks aptitude and enthusiasm for the kind of accomplishments which young girls of this time were expected to acquire. The overriding tone of this extract could...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs