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Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...English Channel and on men on polar expeditions failed to reveal any firm association between thickness of superficial adipose tissue and the capacity to withstand exposure to cold. Nonetheless, statements that subcutaneous adipose tissue is superficial because it is essential to insulation still appear in many recent textbooks. SAQ 27 How could you test the hypothesis...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...everyday leadership that goes on at all levels both inside and outside organisations. This calls for the three forms of leadership, based on personal qualities, organisational position and social process – to be developed across public service organisations and utilised by practitioners according to the demands of the situation. In this video, Chief Constable (CC)...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...everyday news and events. It will help you to understand why the price of fresh food rises when supply is scarce, and why some firms make large profits while others struggle to survive...Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view: 7.1 Facing the competition - Activity 16 Examine the three figures shown below. Pause for a moment and consider what story they tell us...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...everyday life. Unlock the secrets of living things and how they interact with the world around them, through online learning with course materials developed by subject experts and tutor-marked assignments, when you study A level Biology online with the National Extension College (NEC). Enrol from £750. Find out more about A level Biology here...Week 4: Recognising...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...everyday practice...Session 1: Growing older and behaviours that challenge others: 1 What are ‘behaviours that challenge others’? - [A photograph of a man sitting on a sofa with his head in his hands.] You will start by hearing members of the panel discussing the term ‘behaviours that challenge others’. Activity 1 Defining behaviours that challenge others Timing:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...everyday experience. Example 9 Buying petrol Suppose that, in a particular week in 2012, a motorist purchased petrol on two occasions. On the first she went to her usual, relatively low-priced filling station where the price of unleaded petrol was 136.9p per litre and she filled the tank; the quantity she purchased was 41.2 litres. The second occasion saw her obliged to...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...English astronomer William Lassell, Triton is thought to have been captured by Neptune from elsewhere in the Solar System. Where could this be? Well, look no further than Pluto. Triton has a very similar composition to Pluto, suggesting that they shared a common origin in the Kuiper belt. Triton is also one of the few moons in the Solar System known to be geologically...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...everyday choices may have an impact on the issue, as well as one which reveals a degree of understanding of what fossil fuels are, we asked people in our surveys to make such a choice. [Figure 17] Figure 17 The word ‘organic’ is undoubtedly a source of confusion in this respect, since it is generally associated with environmentalism, suggesting, once again, that for...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs