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Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...system, including all its tributaries, is called a river catchment. The water in a river comes not only from direct precipitation, springs and overland flow (i.e. water flowing across the ground surface, excluding that in streams and rivers; this is rare in temperate vegetated areas) but also from the underground flow of water, directly to the river. Part of this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
Education & Development

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

...systems of content that indicate whether content is suitable for the age of their children. Select the answer for Question 1e here Screen time can displace other positive activities such as socialising, good sleep, exercise. True False a. True b. False The correct answer is a. Answer True. Increased screen time can limit the time left to do other beneficial activities...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...system to evaluate the presence and quality of potential stressors will put you in a better position to manage the impact these stressors can have on you, in other words to cope with them. Both the stressor and the coping strategies are closely interlinked; in fact the effectiveness of the coping strategy depends on the type of stressor you are dealing with. For example,...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...system factors. These questions force you into thinking about your position on doping, and when you hear and read views featured in this course, you will become more familiar with some of the main themes in the arguments about doping. You are also able to see how your position compares to other learners. You have started to look at diverse opinions about the doping issue...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...systems is the external environment in which they operate. The two systems seem to reflect to some extent the values of each society. A key success factor for any type of business is an accurate understanding of the external environment in which they operate. An ongoing, long-term analysis of what is happening in all facets of the external environment means that changes...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...system that discouraged the language’s use. The Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge11, established in 1709, played an important role in the education of young Gaels through the 18th and 19th Centuries. Initially, their attitude to the language was outwardly hostile and the speaking of Gaelic was banned even in the playground. In 1750, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...System of Geography", dated some time in the eighteenth century. How this ponderous work ever came to be out on the pampas, over six thousand miles from the land of its origin, is a thing to wonder at. I remember that the Stonehenge plate greatly impressed me and that I sacrilegiously cut it out of the book so as to have it! Now we know, our reason tells us continually,...
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Article 10 mins
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...system of channels which communicates short form video content across a whole bunch of very, very popular online platforms. Our target audience are people who have an interest in sustainability, conservation and clean tech, but we try and target a broader audience by creating engaging, popular, short form content. What got me interested So, my first interest in...
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Video 30 mins