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‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...work that analytical concepts can do to make sense of complex environmental issues such as the issues of rights to land and food prices...‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?: 1 Analytical concepts used in this course - In this course you will touch on how three sets of analytical concepts – first, time and space; second, risk and uncertainty; and third, values,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...works because they're what we call mutually exclusive events. A number greater than 3 cannot be both odd and even. So each of the numbers: 4, 5, and 6 can only be an even number or an odd number. And when you have mutually exclusive events, you can do this adding up calculation. So one way of calculating the probability of an outcome is to compare the number of ways that...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...work of lawyers and the judiciary and explore how Scottish courts and tribunals operate in an open and transparent way working to ensure justice...This free course, Scottish courts and the law, explores the role, function and purpose of the courts in Scotland and their relationship with the law. You consider the way in which cases come to court, the difference between the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...work? Has it achieved what was intended?) political (Who gains? Who loses?) ethical (Is it right? Or wrong?). I want you to ask, and find answers to, these sorts of questions about the ‘goodness’ of development management. This is because the ‘goodness’ – or otherwise – of development management matters. It matters, in some cases, in terms of life and death....
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...work programmes for famine victims. In fact, the EIC’s policies made the famine more devastating, since when the rains failed, it increased its taxes. Under the Mughals, during famine years taxes had been reduced or waived, grain had been given to the poor and money lent to farmers so they could replace their lost crops. The EIC, in contrast, acted against the welfare...
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Article 20 mins
Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?

...worked for over 25 years, apart from maternity leave, and I decided I needed to make myself the priority and joined a gym. I spoke to my manager who understood, being a working mother herself, she agreed I could change my hours to get some ‘me’ time in. I had worked out a routine whereby I could attend a gym when it was quiet and still carry on my other duties, but as...
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Article 20 mins
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...working in these roles will have to learn to use technology and provide care in new ways. In the first activity, you will learn more about the ways in which technology will change professional practice. Activity 1 The rise of technology in care Select the answer for Activity 1 The rise of technology in care here Read the following news article, detailing how technology...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner
Education & Development

Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner

...work and can be thought of in a number of ways. It can be described as a learning tool, something that is going to help you to synthesise, explain, make sense of and ultimately develop meaning from, your experiences. It can be considered to be a professional competence, as reflected in the standards you are expected to achieve by the end of your Initial Teacher Education...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs