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Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...research, script writing, filming, presenting, and editing, with the primary goal of inspiring her viewers to actively engage with the natural environment around them. In 2012 she established the production company Song Thrush Productions, and has received national and international recognition for her work. She has worked with organisations all over the country,...
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Video 30 mins
‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...research shows that it is just as important to address covert racism as it is to address overt racism. Contributing to a hostile culture in the classroom as well as the workplace, high instances of microaggressions correlate with poor educational outcome and create barriers to employment, career progression and staff retention (Gordon & Johnson, 2003; Harrison & Tanner,...
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Energy resources: solar energy
Nature & Environment

Energy resources: solar energy

...research centres on low-cost semiconducting materials, one promising candidate being fine-grained titanium dioxide - the white pigment used in paints, and therefore cheaply available. Combined with dyes to increase the sensitivity of TiO2 to sunlight, it has a practical PV efficiency of 7 to 12%, and degrades very slowly. Titanium dioxide occurs as a natural mineral...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...researchers and academics, for some health and social services, partnership engagement is no longer simply an option but a requirement. The four websites you accessed as part of this activity provide evidence that supports this argument. The NHS websites for the four nations refer to various levels of partnership. NHS England says it partners with local, national and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...Research Service Figure 1 (d) © Rose-marie Henriksson | Dreamstime.com Figure 1 (e) © Mk74 | Dreamstime.com Figure 1 (f) © Valentyn74 | Dreamstime.com Figure 1 (g) © Laurel Fan, cleared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) Figure 1 (h) © Nejron | Dreamstime.com Figure 1 (i) © iStockphoto.com/Aleksander Nakic Figure 3 © Nejron...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...researched the interaction between the individual and their environment. Bronfenbrenner developed a theory of how each child’s development is influenced by their relationship with the groups and communities around them as well as with wider society. His theory was named the bioecological model (1979) and he illustrated the theory in a diagram which put the child in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...research and development (R&D). On the other side are developing countries, claiming their rights to buy or manufacture existing medicines at low prices to prevent diseases and to help their people. These interests not only conflict, but it is also unclear how either one is best protected. Not everyone believes that strong IPR protection benefits the pharmaceutical...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...research essays. In order to do this, you will need to be able to read the most appropriate sources and use some of the theories and information they contain in your essays. You will learn to do this during the first two weeks of this course. This week you start by looking at the different texts that university students read. You will then learn to follow an active...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs