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Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...studying this course, you should be able to: explain the nature and extent of the carbon footprints of individuals and households within the national and global economy assess individual carbon footprints using a carbon calculator understand the main components of the carbon footprint of individuals and households, and the most effective actions for reducing the footprint...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...skills of their work at play in ripping the ball out of mauls, physical strength. This was damned unfair. I mean the people who played rugby in the other countries were doing it as recreation – different from their work. Here were the Welshmen employing the skill and strengths of their work actually on the field of play and that was not seen as fair play. Hugh Mackay:...
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Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read each week of the course score 50% or more in the two badge quizzes in Week 4 and Week 8. For all the quizzes, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...study leave and annual leave, while also assuring the correct skill mix on a ward. Portable technology is becoming more relevant to healthcare delivery, with iPads being used to collate information, action investigations and review information with patients being actively involved. This helps to democratise the decision-making process for those who may wish to have a more...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the nature of success and failure in IT systems understand what makes an IT system successful understand the sociotechnical nature of IT systems, in that they incorporate hardware, software, organisational, social and human components identify different types of stakeholders and apply techniques to elicit the main...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...study...--- Please note: This is course is due to be archived on . You can study the course up until this date. For learners who have completed the course, the Statement of Participation will remain in your learner records in your OpenLearn profile. --- The restless Universe introduces you to major achievements and figures in the history of physics, from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...study is skills. These include the ability to write concise summaries of the facts and law. There are rarely model answers and the example that follows highlights the key facts and issues. Figure 3 Example summary of the key facts in Donoghue When reading the pleadings in Activity 1 you might have thought that the facts of the case were somewhat ordinary, perhaps even...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...study to investigate whether a group of dogs, including Daisy, her pet, could reliably sniff breast cancer in human samples, Daisy started “acting weird”. “She kept staring at me. One day, I opened the boot of my car to get her out and she kept jumping at me. It was strange, because she’s a very gentle dog. She bashed at me a few times, and I pushed her off. I...
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