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Systems in action: Pea canning case study
Money & Business

Systems in action: Pea canning case study

...resources of the company either in people or in funds. Conclusion The changed texture of the environment was not recognised by an able but traditional management until it was too late. They failed entirely to appreciate that a number of outside events were becoming connected with each other in a way that was leading up to irreversible general change. Their first reaction...
Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?

...waste: Transcript What will the oceans look like in another 50 years? That all depends on the actions we take right now. References UN (2017) Factsheet: People and Oceans [Online]. Available at https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ocean-fact-sheet-package.pdf (Accessed 2019). Like oceans? Take it further Free resources: Free courses:...
The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...resources, skills and recognition of ageing needs by the retail market. Second, where an older person’s social network is variable they may need support from nonfamilial carers. For some ‘living at home’ can be central to maintaining levels of autonomy which may have to be delegated to someone else whether in a personal home or by moving to a care home. Here, the...
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...resources are scarce. These include a range of simplifying and confidence-sustaining mental short cuts (heuristics) that help us to make quick decisions when pausing to undertake a full analysis would be unwise (Gigerenzer et al., 1999). While these ways of thinking do not accord with rigorous logic or formally rational reasoning, they are well suited to fast-paced...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...education using advice and guidance (such as the 5 A DAY campaign you have already explored). The next activity will involve you finding information about a current health campaign aimed at families. Activity 4: Browsing the Change4Life website Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Browse the Change4Life website by clicking on the link to find some tips (aim for five) for...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...Openness (with high scorers interested in art and abstract ideas, low scorers practical and down to earth), Conscientiousness (with high scorers methodical and dutiful, low scorers more distractible), and Agreeableness (with high scorers cooperative and trusting, and low scorers more aggressive and hostile). Together these make up the ‘big five’, or OCEAN (Openness,...
Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...opens up the opportunity for some more honest discussion about veganism. These lively debates in exchanges illustrate many of the issues that we've discussed but they also see many of the old stereotypes and assumptions challenged. Like many progressive social movements, veganism still seems to stimulate a lot of defensive responses. -End of opinion piece- As veganism is...
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Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: How the immune system combats viral infection: Introduction - During the COVID-19 pandemic, you will have heard a lot about antibodies and how vaccines induce neutralising antibodies that protect against infection. But antibodies are just one element of immune...