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Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...publication but it shows the difficulty of representing changes in three dimensions using only two dimensions! Figure 4 shows a dive by an adult female Weddell seal. The dive lasted for 10 minutes 30 seconds, and the animal travelled a total of 760 m. About mid-way through the dive, at point C, the video footage revealed that the seal attacked a large Antarctic cod,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...public transport and inflexible timetables). She has identified a need for language-based CPD and translation services among local businesses involved in exporting their products to mainland Europe. Whatever your motivation for tackling this course of study, it will take you on a journey looking at the challenges posed when you live in a rural environment and start you...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...public acceptability associated with power plant operations and radioactive wastes. Nuclear power stations currently generate around 18 per cent of the UK's electricity production. The majority of the current reactors are scheduled to be decommissioned by 2023 and we could be facing an energy 'gap'. This free course, The science of nuclear energy, will delve into the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...health. (iii) Studying abroad can be quite challenging. (iv) Children like sweets. a. (i) All women like fashion. b. (ii) Drinking too much wine can be bad for your health. c. (iii) Studying abroad can be quite challenging. d. (iv) Children like sweets. The correct answers are a and d. Answer The sweeping generalisations are: (i) All women like fashion and (iv) Children...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...public schools to instruct only in English. According to the Massachusetts Association of Bilingual Education, only 33 schools in the state offer dual-language programs or immersion programs in languages other than English. Dedham Middle School is not one of these schools, so Dooley takes Spanish as an elective. That’s where he found out about the Spanish Spelling Bee....
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Article 5 mins
Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...public. In the meantime, we should continue to buy a couple of items extra in our weekly shop for the local food bank, we should give money to desperate people when we are able to and we should support the Big Issue sellers who are trying to escape poverty. But, in doing these things we should not lose sight of the fact that what those in poverty need is to be lifted from...
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Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit
Science, Maths & Technology

Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit

...public as a show cave with impressive stalactites and stalagmites and an underground lake. Other caves are only accessible with specialist equipment and experience, though guided access is available. On the surface, streams emerge and abruptly disappear underground into swallow holes. Their valleys, formed when the ground was frozen during the last Ice Age (30,000 to...
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Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...public – you and I - must do to stay informed and compensate for our own forms of bias. Looking at the “Brexit” referendum on leaving the EU, social media had a significant role in shaping the trend towards leave. The idea that all media and communications can shape what people think goes without saying. However, one of the most interesting aspects of social media...
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Article 10 mins