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Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...system; the resulting damage to the tree is significant. The benefits from this tight relationship are seemingly very one-sided. Tropical tree squirrels provide an excellent example of niche separation. Different species don't mill around indiscriminately in any one area of the tropical rainforest; rather, they have distinct lifestyles and preferences for particular...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...system. This allows for the capture of a series of optical sections – thin, focused slices – at different depths within a specimen. These images form a z-stack (Figure 15b), which computer software can reconstruct into a highly detailed three-dimensional (3D) image of the cell or tissue (Figure 15c). This is particularly useful for studying complex structures in thick...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...system is suggested by eBay, its parent company, to assure buyers a quick solution for problems around missed delivery or unsatisfactory quality of purchased items. This is because it offers a series of protections for sellers and buyers such as the possibility of getting refunded if the product does not match the description on the website develop charging mechanisms to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...system to make those decisions. In the UK and most other countries of the world, we have what’s called representative democracy. We elect people to make those decisions on our behalf and if we don’t like the decisions that they’ve made, the next time they come up for election we don’t vote for them. So politics is about organising mass society. Activity 6 Timing:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol
Education & Development

Datblygu strategaethau astudio effeithiol

...system ffeilio ei hun hyd yn oed a gallwch fynd ag ef gyda chi ble bynnag y bydd angen i chi fynd - ar y trên i’r gwaith, yn yr ardd os ydych yn teimlo bod angen awyr iach arnoch, neu i’r llyfrgell leol. Mae’n syniad da defnyddio man astudio penodol yn rheolaidd oherwydd pan fyddwch yn mynd ac yn eistedd yno daw yn arfer i ddechrau astudio. Gallwch ddefnyddio’r...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...system, they find that they can understand the basic rules in play, that their rights under it are meaningful, and that the system makes sense. (Otterburn, 2023) Law reform can be prompted by many different motives: to improve a law or regulation which does not work effectively, provide rules for situations not currently covered by the law, remove out-of-date law,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...systems. However, from an academic perspective, educational leadership and management remain as contested concepts! Activity 1: Leadership and management Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes Consider the ‘leadership and management’ structures in an organisation that you are familiar with. Who appears to have leadership responsibility as part of their role and what...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to visualising development data
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to visualising development data

...system” is fair, it should also provide us with a means of comparing one country or region with another, even if those countries have different sizes of population or cover different land areas. Transcript Making comparisons the fair way Making comparisons in a fair way is one of the major aims of statistics. According to Hans Rosling, do you remember what he said about...
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Video 45 mins