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What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...becoming the norm. Climate change, the technological impact of AI, future pandemics, and political/economic upheavals, are likely to disrupt societies and individuals in the future. Adapting to this context requires flexibility in coping with such disruptions effectively and without the certainty of what such problems will look like in the future. Psychological...
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Article 10 mins
Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...become widespread amongst the business community, and that is the central point of this article – the carbon emissions of remote workers. Scopes of responsibility As businesses implement sustainability, climate and NetZero strategies they become acutely aware of the responsibilities beholden upon them across three specific climate-focused scopes. These scopes of...
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Article 5 mins
Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...becoming the youngest member of the House. [Baroness Smith of Llanfaes] Why did you want to become a member of the House of Lords? I do not support an unelected upper chamber. But while the House of Lords exists and continues to make laws that impact people in Wales, then I believe we must be in the room and speak up. When it comes to democracy and how we are governed, we...
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Article 5 mins
Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...become my instructor. Only a handful of close colleagues were aware that I had even applied for the drivers’ job as I was afraid of what people might think due to my age. I was aware that Inverness had a high number of female conductors with an almost even split. We did not, however, have many female drivers. At the time of my application, Inverness was a depot of...
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Article 5 mins
Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Flying Fatigued: Fatigue in Aviation

...becoming tired. FTL schemes only consider the time element of duty and the number of sections flown. No adjustments are made for ambient weather conditions, types of approaches made, or other stressors (e.g., technical issues) which can add to the amount of fatigue experienced by flight crew during flight. Disrupted sleep patterns over the longer-term lead to poor health...
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Article 5 mins
Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...become overwhelmed and unable to function, they can also stop us from engaging with the climate and ecological crisis. But what happens when these defences no longer hold back the reality? This is when we can experience eco-anxiety. What is eco-anxiety? Eco-anxiety is increasingly common, the term is even used by popular media, but what does it mean? There are various...
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Article 5 mins
Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...become a problem until they grow up, and adult testing is aimed at people at risk of late-onset disorders, which do not appear until middle age. In addition, we address some of the issues involved in carrier testing, another predictive test. This involves the testing of people from families with a history of genetic disease, to find out who carries the gene, and who...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...become healthy adults. They must be cared for when they're sick or injured. The right to water means children have the right to safe drinking water and a clean environment with proper toilet facilities. The right to identity means every child must be officially recognised as a human being with human rights. It also means every child has the right to a name and nationality...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs