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Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...Write down the ways in which Moreira’s analysis of China’s risk strategy might challenge the common assumptions made about the way it invests in oil in Africa. Discussion What can be taken from Moreira’s evaluation is that Chinese oil companies view of and approach to risk is more than just saying that the Chinese do things differently. The early investment strategy...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...writing, in 2013, this remains the worst industrial accident in US history. In 2013 at Waco in Texas, a large explosion occurred at a fertiliser plant that stored ammonium nitrate. Today, ammonium nitrate is used extensively in industrial explosives and propellants. For instance, commercial blasting explosive contains ammonium nitrate, fuel oil and TNT. Video 4 shows that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Attention
Society, Politics & Law

Attention

...write this I can listen to the quiet hum of the computer in front of me, or swing my attention to the bird song outside the window to my right. Making that change feels almost like swinging my eyes from the computer to the window and the term spotlight of attention has been used to describe the way in which we can bring our attention to bear on a desired part of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...write no more than 100 words for the whole answer.) Question 5 What makes ecological citizenship distinctive? Give two reasons (a short paragraph on each). Question 6 Match the following approaches to sustainability – business learns, radical break, or sustainability steps – with the ideas they promote listed below: best practice databases ecological tax reform...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...write a few sentences in the spaces below summarising what you have learned, what you still feel you need to improve and how you might do that. This activity can identify areas for revision. Differentiate between null and alternative hypotheses for evaluations. Understand one-tailed or two-tailed tests in hypothesis testing. Understand when to use z-tests vs. t-tests....
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...write down your early impressions of completing these exercises. BAZ MOFFAT Locating your pelvic floor muscles can be a bit tricky because you can’t see them. So when we ask people to do pelvic floor exercises, they often just squeeze everything. They’ll squeeze their face, they’ll squeeze their tummy, they’ll squeeze their glutes in the hope that their pelvic...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...writings on race and difference. Durham, NC: Duke University Press...Week 2: Distinguishing leadership: Introduction - Leadership is a popular word with positive associations. However, all too often when people say they are practising ‘leadership’, they’re actually doing something different. This something else is usually a more traditional form of management, or it...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Risk management Badge icon
Money & Business

Risk management

...write down what you see here. [This is an image of the back of a woman looking away from the camera.] Figure 2 Discussion In the picture in the second example did you see the old woman? Perhaps you saw the young woman? Take another look. The key thing to note here is that not everyone sees the same thing, and even different people looking at the same thing don’t always...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs