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Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...statistics and statistical concepts. There are many good books and online resources to help learn statistics, some focusing on particular domains (see the list of Further reading at the end of this week for suggestions). Sampling When can we make an inference about a larger set of data of which we have just a ‘sample’? Could we say the page lengths of the books on...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...statistics for other forms of diversity are less clear. Many lawyers choose not to declare their disability, sexuality, gender identity, religion, or socio-economic background...Truth, myth or mixture?: 2.2.1 Magistrates - 1919, the year the legal profession opened up to women, was also the year women could first become magistrates. Today, over half of magistrates are...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...Statistics, policy and guidance. Research Briefing, House of Commons Library. Available at: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8593/ (Accessed: 15 August 2025). Lewis, J. and Stiebahl, S. (2025) Student mental health in England: Statistics, policy and guidance, House of Commons, London. Available at:
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM

...Statistics module would help in student retention on this module and on concurrent modules. Critically reflecting on your academic practice will be integral to every SoTL inquiry in this taxonomy. But you may conduct a SoTL inquiry specifically to investigate your own practice. So, another category in this taxonomy is: How could I change my practice? You may like to...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...Statistical Review of World Energy (the source of most of the data in this section), where the value quoted will always be in millions or billions of barrels of oil. The daily global consumption of oil for 2010 is given in the BP Statistical Review as 87 million barrels of oil per day. The price of crude oil is generally given as the price (in US dollars) per barrel. On...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...statistical analysis of very good long term datasets. RH: Can you give an example of any specific plants? CP: Well, in Britain what we’ve found is that there’s a whole set of plants that only respond to spring, such as the field maple, warmer spring it advances its flowering, very simple. But there is another group of plants, about 20% of them that need winter...
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Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...statistically than both road and sea travel while pushing a heavy trolley up and down aisles and dispensing meals, hot beverages and keeping demanding customers happy with plentiful supply of alcoholic drinks from our well-stocked on-board reserves. The cabin crew worked closely as a team. There was a Cabin Services Director who called the shots, but everyone mucked in...
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Article 5 mins
Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?
OpenLearn Ireland

Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?

...statistics about diet products and obesity shed some light on to the reality of our health. The global market for weight loss products and services is predicted to grow from $254.9 billion in 2021 to $377.3 billion by 2026. However, it is also estimated that 2.7 billion adults will be overweight, over 1 billion affected by obesity, and 177 million adults severely affected...
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