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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...research and clinical trial networks; make it significantly harder to recruit health staff at all levels; harm the UK’s place in a web of pan-European public health institutions that have taken over 40 years to develop; and increase supply costs to the NHS due to a weakening pound. It’s also plain that the Brexiteers cannot be trusted with the NHS. But perhaps the...
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Article 10 mins
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...centre of one atom to the centre of another. Figure 4 illustrates this for a simple plane of identical atoms – fully three-dimensional networks are more realistic but less easy to draw. [Figure 4] Figure 4 Atoms in a solid can be represented as spheres, arranged in planes as a component of some three-dimensional configuration What happens if we try to force the atoms...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...Research Reports by the Hadley Centre (the UK's Government centre for climate change science), 2003 to 2005.) There is another reason why global climate change is difficult to deal with, and that is the length of time most greenhouse gases persist in the atmosphere, which for carbon dioxide and most other greenhouse gases is of the order of a hundred years. This means...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...Research Program (NURP)/NOAA © OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP)/NOAA Figure 2 A black smoker At certain points, sea water penetrates cracks in the ocean floor and comes into contact with the lava produced by active volcanoes. The heated water, full of minerals from the rock, rises rapidly to create plumes of hot water called hydrothermal vents...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...centre-right and are flummoxed by a candidate who describes himself as a socialist they snuggle up to Hillary Clinton, who makes them feel safe. Three focus groups support Sanders What is really fascinating about the debate is that all three focus groups set up by CNN, Fox News and Fusion strongly endorsed Bernie Sanders. In the case of the CNN group, although more than...
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Article 5 mins
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...centred on river valleys where there was a plentiful supply of fresh, clean water. When we take water into our bodies, it is used in several ways. For example: for cooling – it helps keep our bodies at around 37 °C as a waste disposal medium as a conductor for nerve impulses as a component in the digestion of food as a solvent in which vital chemical reactions take...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...children and pets in the background, what we wear is perhaps more casual and our workstations are set up anywhere there is space in our homes or co-working locations. This has led to uncertainty for us as employees. We need to have the ‘know-how’ and ‘environments’ to understand what hybrid behaviours are expected (George, 2021). One of the most important elements...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ
Languages

АНГЛІЙСЬКА НА КОЖЕН ДЕНЬ

...children alone in the car DO park in well-lit places NEVER pick up hitchhikers Discussion Для кого написаний цей текст? Текст написаний для водіїв і пасажирів автомобілів. Чому він був написаний? Текст має на меті повідомити людям техніку...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs