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Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...study in Science...Evolution through natural selection: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand that by biological evolution we mean that many of the organisms that inhabit the Earth today are different from those that inhabited it in the past understand that natural selection is one of several processes that can bring about...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...studying this course, you should be able to: recognise the value of an evolutionary perspective in understanding emotions (or moods) and emotional (or mood) disorders specify brain pathways involved in the perception and processing of emotions describe the rationale of approaches used in the diagnosis of emotional (or mood) disorders outline the characteristics and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...study in People, Politics & Law...Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss the ways in which children are the victims of violence and the multiple effects that violence has on children, encompassing not only physical pain and injury but also...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...skills base available within Newry and the area’s dependence on fluctuating retail markets. It highlighted the need for a broadening of the area’s commercial activity suggesting the further development of Newry Port and investment in the area’s tourist industry. To the latter end, in 2009, the district council also published a Tourism Review and Strategy which aims...
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Article 15 mins
Ada Lovelace Day
Science, Maths & Technology

Ada Lovelace Day

...skilled mathematicians who would decompose the complicated formulae into a series of relatively simple additions or subtractions. The lowest tier of de Prony’s scheme were eighty relatively unskilled workers who actually produced the mathematical tables. So long as they followed the list of additions and subtractions in the correct order (and got the right result), they...
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Article 15 mins
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...studying or in training; this was due to insufficient language skills, not knowing what was available or they were entitled to, lack of child care or family commitments. (based on Bloch, 2002, pp. 1–3) These findings spell out clearly some of the barriers to citizenship as participation in social life...Who counts as a refugee?: 8.1 How is ‘knowledge’ about refugees...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...studying this course, you should be able to: consider what it means to be ‘an entrepreneur’ examine the role played by an entrepreneur’s family and friends reflect on the narratives (or ‘stories’) that entrepreneurs create...Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection: 1 Entrepreneurship: first impressions - Though it is easy to find a basic definition of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Neighbourhood nature
Nature & Environment

Neighbourhood nature

...skills so that you can go into your local neighbourhood to discover the animals and plants in open spaces. You will learn how to observe, identify and record the wildlife around you, building up a picture of a small part of your local environment...There is a fascinating world of nature all around us which we can see if we know how to look for it. Wherever you live, be it...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr