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Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...public that it is important to save these animals and these places. The possibilities and restrictions of releasing media to the public These projects are very complex because there’s many different parties involved in funding wildlife television projects and so it’s very difficult to get all the parties to agree on any one thing, especially when it comes to sharing...
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...publication of Systems Approaches to Making Change: A Practical Guide by M. Reynolds, and S. Holwell (eds.) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7472-1_1...Introduction: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Martin Reynolds with support from the Systems Thinking in Practice (STiP) team. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and...
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...public transport networks. And my analysis shows that there are the possibility of creating around 26,000 new jobs in the green economy here in Wales in the next two years. But we need to do that quickly in order to be able to deliver against our climate change targets. We also need to do it in a purposeful way because at the moment, the people who occupy those industries...
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...publication and even accepted papers were significantly delayed. I was met with constant criticism that my conclusions were premature and were not well supported. When the work was presented my results were disputed and disbelieved, not on the basis of science because they simply could not be true. It was often said that no one was able to replicate my results. This was...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...health in later life. Making the distinction can help if you need to make savings as you usually have more options to cut costs on non-essential spending. Your spending pattern will change in retirement Some spending items are likely to change in retirement – perhaps your mortgage will be paid off by the time you retire? Some travel costs may go down if you have an...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...health and safety, he built first aid centres all along the route. New technology, such as steam powered cranes, also helped but it was their enlightened boss that made the big difference in improving working conditions. The rhetoric embedded within rising trade unionism never turned into the class war that was feared and the Manchester Ship Canal successfully opened as...
How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?

...health but also as organisms in their own right, with their own ecology and evolutionary histories. In retrospect, it is somewhat bizarre that nobody in the golden era of antibiotics questioned why soil bacteria make medicines for human illnesses. The usual explanation was that soil bacteria are fiercely competitive, continually fighting for living space in the soil under...
What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?
Society, Politics & Law

What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?

...health of the U.S. economy, as has Trump. And so, however inadvisable it may be to focus on the trade deficit, Trump is sure to pay a political price if it were to grow over the course of his tenure. Forging a bond before the clashes ahead In the end, the most consequential outcome of Xi’s visit may be the extent to which a bond is forged between the two leaders. This...