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Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...work through the co-ordinated actions of everyone. Integrate – SHE management is a multidisciplinary area embracing scientific, engineering, social and political issues. No individual can be expert in all of these disciplines, but the SHE manager should be able to appreciate the different perspectives and to recognise the trade-offs that are inevitable. Measure –...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...working. Following extensive research with pain specialists across the UK and internationally, we’ve developed a framework for delivering effective pain management for children. There are four components. The first is creating knowledgeable, confident practitioners. Many nurses can feel nervous about giving too much pain medicine. And when nurses are not feeling...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
What do tests tell us?
Education & Development

What do tests tell us?

...work as qualifications there needs to be confidence that they are fair tests of the whole group taking them, and that they are appropriate to the subject being tested. That’s not always the case. In 2008, Key Stage 3 SATS for Year 9 were abolished, among other reasons, because of concerns over the marking system. In 2015 the Scottish Qualificiations Authority has...
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Article 10 mins
What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?
Nature & Environment

What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?

...works equally well at home or in large industrial warehouses. It’s suitable in urban spaces or on land suffering from drought, pollution or soil depletion that is otherwise difficult to farm. It produces both fish and vegetables, reducing the load on our over-exploited and polluted oceans. Year-round growing is possible (for indoor systems), and the system is even more...
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Article 5 mins
Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
Education & Development

Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes

...Working across generations can address the negativity felt by adults towards younger generations, and combat some of the negative perceptions that younger people have of those they see as old. A long-term intergenerational relationship can provide young people with role models who can motivate and encourage young people to fulfil their potential. There are benefits for...
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Video 20 mins
Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe
Nature & Environment

Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe

...works. Denmark, Sweden and Portugal are major investors in offshore wind, and China has ambitious plans for the sector. Wind farms – both onshore and offshore – are seen as a key ingredient in renewable energy policy, and an important element in the battle against climate change. Fossil fuel prices WindEurope, an offshore wind industry group, says that at the present...
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Article 5 mins
Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...work...Find out about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses [Le Corbusier] Date: (1887 - 1965) Nationality: Swiss Famous Buildings: L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion (Paris) Villa Savoye (Poissy) Unité d'Habitation (Marseilles) L'Esprit Nouveau Le Corbusier is without doubt the most influential, most admired, and most maligned architect of the twentieth century....
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Article 5 mins
How to build a real lightsaber
Science, Maths & Technology

How to build a real lightsaber

...working lightsabers in real life? Surely physicists must be smart enough (and big enough Star Wars fans) to be able to produce one of these incredible objects. The obvious way of building a lightsaber would be to use a laser, which can be seen as a particularly bright and directional burst of light. But even though laser technology is continuously striding towards more...
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Article 10 mins