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Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...studies and I was working at the Australian Conservation Foundation in Melbourne and we were already beginning to deal with the early stages of climate policy and energy problems in the national energy planning context for that country. RH: OK, and so then you moved on to work further with that? BH: Well, the springboard for me personally was an interest in the...
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...studies to fill in the gaps and really prove the case that indeed our seasons were changing and they were changing by quantifiable amounts. And I think the big moment for the legacy of Springwatch, the first big one where we really realised that something new was happening, was when that dataset that was created by kids and grannies and anoraks and people I will never...
Advanced Spanish: Language in context
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Language in context

...skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course focuses on the many ways in which living languages - notably Spanish - adapt to the contexts in which they are used...This free course, Advanced Spanish: Language in context, will develop your knowledge and understanding of the societies and cultures of Spain and Latin America and extend the practical skills...
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...study in Environment & Development...Water for life: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: read data presented in tables use scientific notation to express both large and small quantities appreciate why chemists use different models to represent molecules identify the number and type(s) of atom present in a molecule from its chemical...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...study of history is marked by academic debate and as new evidence has come to light a recognition of Clive’s role in the Bengal famine has developed. Historians must wrestle with Clive’s numerous reputations: brilliant army general, corrupt company governor, fantastically wealthy MP and reckless administrator responsible for the deaths of millions of Bengalis. In...
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the different forms of activism used to oppose nuclear weapons since 1945 learn how anti-nuclear activism has different in different countries and regions navigate newly digitised primary sources to gain a deeper understanding of anti-nuclear activism...Introduction and guidance: Moving around the course - In the...
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...Study, drew links between HRT use and breast cancer which scared many into stopping their HRT, as well as discouraging GPs from prescribing it. Activity 3 Hormone Replacement Therapy Timing: Allow 20 minutes Watch this film from the British Menopause Society in which Kathy Abernethy talks about HRT, what it is and how it is used: Video 3 What is Hormone replacement...
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...study in Environment & Development...Understanding water quality: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the chemical compositions of natural waters, and explain how and why these compositions vary describe the main sources of water pollution, the main types of pollutant and how each type may be controlled outline the extent of...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs