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Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...concept of ‘total pain’, arguing that it was as important to address the mental, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of patients’ suffering as it was to treat their physical symptoms. Odontuya worries that spiritual matters could still be sidelined by the modernising pull of more clinical approaches. “The Ministry of Health and our university do not understand...
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Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...concepts. This research question could have been made stronger by including a timeframe, and it could also have identified a specific area or dynamic of soft power to focus on. The researcher will also need to ensure that they are able to access and gather enough primary and secondary data to ensure that the project is answerable. 3. What is the use of social media in...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...concept in sport and fitness as it is motivation which gives us the push to either doing what has to be done or pushing ourselves harder and harder to achieve greater things. That said, it’s an easy thing to mention but a harder thing to understand. For example, why on some days are we full of energy and bursting to get things done while on other days we will do...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...concept of a habitable zone. This is a region within a planetary, stellar or galactic system where conditions are sufficiently suitable and stable to allow life to arise. A habitable zone is often taken to mean a place where liquid water can exist. The blue band in the image above is the region within a planetary system where water would be liquid on the planet’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...de facto because it's so important with everything that happens to do with the climate. TS: Absolutely, but I would not call myself an expert on this. RH: There are a lot of people, you probably don't come across many of them, but there are still a lot of people in the world particularly in the USA, some in the UK, who think that climate change is all natural. How are you...
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International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...de facto British and French rule, as ‘mandated territories’ under the auspices of the League of Nations (the forerunner to the United Nations (UN)). Following on from the stipulations of the Sykes–Picot agreement, the territories of modern-day Syria and Lebanon fell under French control, while present-day Palestine/Israel, Jordan and Iraq were administered by the...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...concept of energy transfer between trophic levels outline the usefulness and limitations of food chains and food webs using examples, weigh up the value of dietary specialisation and of omnivory summarise the physiological changes linked with ‘hibernation’ in grizzly bears give examples of variations in diet and lifestyle among the bear family...Studying mammals: The...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...concept, which you were introduced to in Week 1, highlighting issues of process and time. This week focuses on design. This naturally sits within the second stage of the project cycle you were introduced to and comes once research and investigation during the exploration stage has revealed the need for an intervention. Arguably, interventions should seek to learn and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs