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Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...University study ‘Environment: responding to change’ (module SDT306), I took part in interactive learning and data collection through the citizen science project Treezilla, also known as the ‘monster map of trees’. This is available online at treezilla.org and as a smartphone app. The site allows you to record individual tree data by measuring the tree’s...
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What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...University module B859 Financial strategy: valuation, governance and ethics, which is part of the MSc in Finance qualification. References European Corporate Governance Institution http://www.ecgi.org/activism Gillian, S., and Starks, L. T., 2007, The Evolution of Shareholder Activism in the United States. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 19(1), 55–7, Available at...
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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...University’s History qualifications. At this time of year, people across the globe will attend Burns suppers. They’ll dine heartily on a meal the centrepiece of which will be haggis, enjoy refreshments which will often include a glass or more of whisky, and listen to several of Robert Burns’s songs, speeches and, if they’re lucky, a spirited performance of ‘Tam...
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Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...University Burdett, M. (2018) ‘Societal impacts of climate change: Sea level rise’ https://geographycasestudysite.wordpress.com/societal-impacts-of-climate-change-sea-level-rise/ Accessed 10th January 2020 Climate Central https://www.climatecentral.org/news/report-flooded-future-global-vulnerability-to-sea-level-rise-worse-than-previously-understood Accessed 31st...
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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...University's Psychology courses and qualifications What is neurodiversity? Neurodiversity is the diversity of human minds and the fact that brains and neurocognition vary among all individuals. All these variations are ‘normal’ and ‘valuable’ with neurodiversity being the concept that neurological differences are to be recognised and respected as any other human...
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Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...University's Religious Studies qualifications. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two principal festivals celebrated by Muslims, with the other being the Eid al-Adha. Eid means festival and the Eid al-Fitr is the Feast of Breaking the Fast, sometimes also called the Festival of Sweets. It may be referred to as the ‘lesser Eid’, and the Eid al-Adha the ‘greater Eid’. The...
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Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...University's much larger course, K832 Developing social work practice. K832 is the first of two courses leading to the Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work, a professional qualifying award. In this free short course you will find four main sections: What is social work? What makes a good social worker? The impact of social divisions and diversity The influence of knowledge...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...University and I'm joined here today by Doctor Nick Middleton from Saint Anne’s College Oxford. Nick is a geographer but he is also a travel writer, a broadcaster and an environmental consultant. Thank you for joining me today Nick. We’re – we’re here to talk about your new book, relatively new book, which came out last year An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist....
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