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Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...the rectangle. Answer My outputs were: Transformation processes should always have a verb attributed to them: forming, painting, assembling, packaging are all examples of transformation processes. Transporting is another example, since a component or product is ‘transformed’ from being in one place to being in another. Outputs are what the system is all about – or at least some of them are. Unless a utilitarian system ......
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...Le Vay, J., Page, L. and Jennings, N. (2022) ‘The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: a narrative review of current evidence, and its implications’, International Review of Psychiatry, 34(5), pp. 443–98. Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1080/ 09540261.2022.2128725https://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/ full/ 10.1080/ 09540261.2022.2128725....
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Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...verbs or ‘action words’ to describe the cognitive processes. Activity 7 Bloom’s taxonomy Timing: Allow approximately 20 minutes If you are not already familiar with this framework, spend a few minutes reading about how Bloom’s taxonomy is used. How do you think it compares to the Open University’s framework that you read about in Week 5? Which version do you...
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Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...verb ‘to recuse’ before. It is used solely in legal situations, and means that those with judicial authority remove themselves from a case or proceeding to avoid a potential conflict of interest. The process of recusal is important as the judiciary must ensure that they remain independent and that they are also seen to be independent of any influence that might...
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Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson (Carmejane farm). [Described image] Figure 4 Drones used in livestock monitoring, IDELE research facility: CIRBEEF farm, Brittany, France Using drones on alternating days, relieves farmers from time demands while ensuring that continuous oversight of livestock is maintained. Preliminary results indicate that farmers saved 30% of their time when...
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Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...Le Pen in France and other far right leaders in Europe. Activity 1 Migration and demographic change Timing: Allow approximately 45 minutes Spend some time exploring the International Migration Statistics published by the Migration Policy Institute. Use the data available on that website to establish whether people are moving to your home country or moving away from it....
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Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...Les Duckers. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated in the acknowledgements section, this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following...
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...le Gap – ski and snowboard courses in Canada, https://skilegap.com/. Figures 3 and 4: taken from Stagecoach UK Bus. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn...
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