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Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), 2019). During the rest of the twenty-first century, climate change and changes to land use practices are projected to make wildfires even more frequent and intense. It is predicted that global wildfires will increase by 14 percent by 2030, 30 per cent by 2050,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...research ‘trends for organisations’ online, you will see a consistent focus on: changing workforce and expectations authenticity, resilience, and purposeful business equality, diversity and inclusion flatter, more agile organisations sustainability, including climate change, net zero targets and global economic instability digital transformation, sometimes referred to...
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Level 1: Introductory 21 hrs
Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
History & The Arts

Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks

...research on longitude timekeepers in the 1660s. Given such a strong sense of a collaborative environment, it is no wonder that Hooke and his colleagues believed that their research and development had made a significant contribution to Huygens’s horological innovations, and felt cheated when he announced his ‘eureka’ moment, and the perfection of the balancespring...
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Article 10 mins
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...Research Group at the Open University, Joint Professor of Physics at Gresham College in London and visiting Professor, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at University College London On his area of interest: "Well I'm a neuroscientist and interested therefore in behaviour, but as a biologist I'm interested in evolution. Evolution simply means change over...
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Article 30 mins
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...Research shows that UK households are poor at investment management with a limited understanding of investment choices, risks and returns. The resultant 'savings gap' threatens a scenario where many cannot afford to retire. Elsewhere households fail to plan properly, to make their investment choices fit with their risk appetites and the time horizons for access to their...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...Researchers buried insects up to 12 cm deep in soil, grass and moss in an enclosure, and within 15 minutes a shrew had captured and eaten one earthworm, a cranefly (daddy-longlegs) larva, a large caterpillar and a slug. When a shrew finds an insect, it grabs it with the front incisors, which are long and pointed; the pair of first upper incisors have an extra cusp...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...Research tells us time and time, again, that these are profoundly significant in shaping what happens to a child as they grow up. There's also quizzes along the way so that you can consolidate your learning. And if you want to, at the end, you can receive a certificate of completion. I hope you enjoy the learning journey through the diversity of principle and practice in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...research and mathematical explorations, including the creation of chatbots in the 1960s and the introduction of Generative Adversarial Networks, or GANS, in the 2010s. Fast forward to recent developments, Generative Pre-trained Transformers, or GPTs, have significantly advanced natural language processing and generation capabilities. These networks have transformed the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs