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Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...adult seal and develops a thick layer of blubber. [Described image] Figure 8 Weddell seal and pup, sourced from CoolAntarctica.com Question 2 Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Can you think of a likely explanation for this change? Answer Blubber provides better insulation in the water (and the smoother coat of the adult improves its streamlining). A fur coat traps a layer of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...care; … Women who do not conform to the moral or ethical standards imposed on them may suffer cruel or inhuman treatment; Women may be targeted because they are particularly vulnerable … … [or] persecuted by members of their family and/or community. (Refugee Women's Legal Group, 1998, p. 1) Similar difficulties in having their claims for asylum recognised under...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...care and well-being issues, including ethical decision making, and the development of policies and procedures within the high-performance environment. MONIQUE MURPHY: Engagement. Enabling us to become positive role models, inspiring communities by connecting with grassroots sport, and national charities. TYSON BULL: Finding the right balance between the requirements of an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...caring approach to all persons at all levels connected with the problem or system(s) involved. Paul Warren: Systems thinking is important for me because it provides a formal recognised framework to explain organisational events, and other happenings, which hitherto had to be explained by vague notions of ‘common sense’. Sarah Smith: Systems thinking is important for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...care of himself (herself) and of other persons who may be affected by his (her) acts or omissions at work. The employees must cooperate with the employer with regard to health and safety procedures. This covers all types of employment within the United Kingdom. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 applies to all work activities, whether for profit or not. The main...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...adult body? In fact, there are only an estimated 100-400 billion stars in the Milky Way, so there are more cells in the human body than there are stars in the Galaxy! In addition to human cells, there are also another 30-100 trillion non-human cells, such as bacteria, archaea and fungi, and non-living organisms such as viruses, that live on or in the human body. These...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
History & The Arts

Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks

...care of the Clocks, and from whom we had the first report on them 14 or 15 months ago [during an earlier voyage]. ‘I do not blame [Major Holmes] for this’, he insists. But again, ‘There remains one further objection that I know of which reduces the accuracy of this experiment, which is the precise location of the Island of Fuego [which Holmes has miscalculated]’...
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Article 10 mins
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...careful look at the numbers on that and it is conceivable that we could be in a position to do that but only if we were incredibly efficient in our development of agriculture and essentially feeding ourselves globally; only then we would have the window of opportunity actually do this really large-scale carbon removal from the atmosphere. RH: You mean because we need lots...
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Audio 5 mins