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Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...research has been done, starting in the 1950s, to reach these conclusions. Let us consider how this work might have progressed, to gain an insight into the way that scientific investigations can be carried out. Imagine that you are a newly graduated biologist, with a particular interest in mammals, and you have been given funding to start to investigate the reasons for...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl

...Research ), cyf. 322, rhif. 7289, tt. 763–7...Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl: Acknowledgements - Cydnabyddiaeth Mae'r deunydd a gydnabyddir isod yn ddeunydd Perchnogol sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio o dan drwydded (sydd ddim yn berthnasol i drwyddedu Creative Commons). Gweld y Telerau ac Amodau. Delwedd y cwrs: Natalie Lucier ar Flickr ar gael dan Drwydded Creative Commons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...research in the museum and elsewhere could doubtless reveal more information...Looking at, describing and identifying objects: 5 Life cycle: consumption - The early life of the nineteenth-century netsuke is not recorded but information held by the museum helps reconstruct the ‘consumption’ stage of the netsuke’s biography. The ‘Acquisition notes’ say it was...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...Research carried out by Reeds Recruitment agency for the charity Timebank found that: 73 per cent of employers would employ a candidate with volunteering experience over one without; 94 per cent of employers believe that volunteering can add to skills; 58 per cent of employers say that voluntary work experience can actually be more valuable than experience gained in paid...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...research into the difficulties presented by distance working can be summed up by the word ‘understanding’. A key role of the project manager is to promote understanding amongst team members, and in a virtual team this becomes harder to achieve. A level of mutual understanding is necessary to allow effective collaboration to take place and the project to progress....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...research that shows that video surveillance actually helps prevent to reduce levels of crime, there's some small studies but nothing definitive, and there is no statutory regulation whatsoever, so although it's been introduced apparently as nominally for crime control, there's no legal prohibition on other uses being made of video surveillance, such as the monitoring of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...research into partnership working. We present a modified form of their listing in Box 7.1 below. Box 1: The skills and attributes of boundary spanners Critical appreciation of the wider environment. Understanding different organisational contexts. Networking – including knowing who the ‘right’ people are, being able to access them and having ‘political’ skills....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...researchers into trying to teach a machine how to speak? And what does this tell us about the nature of language itself? These are the question explored in the video below. Activity 11 Watch the video and make some notes in the text box below and save your answer. There is no comment for this activity. [MUSIC PLAYING] BARIS SERHAN: What is this? ROBOT: Just a second. It...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs