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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...et al., 2005) Overall, the toxicity of POPs to the polar wildlife is not completely clear, but the fact that they are manufactured only in populated regions and yet can be detected in Arctic wildlife is striking. POPs give a graphic demonstration that a region once thought of as remote is clearly physically connected to the rest of the planet. The poet Nick Drake...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...et al., 2011). Water quality standards exist to control pollution of domestic water supplies. The maximum limit set by the EU for nitrates in drinking water is 50 g m−3 (as NO3−) (EU, 1998). Water with a high nitrate content can be treated for drinking using reverse osmosis. The effects on the biota of organic pollution and artificial eutrophication are summarised in...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...et al., 2021). Common mental health problems for children and young people can span emotional symptoms, conduct or behavioural problems, hyperactivity-inattention and peer relationship problems, or any combination of these. An increasingly prominent issue post COVID-19 is school refusal (a reluctance or refusal of a child or young person to attend school which results in...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...et al., 2017, p. 76): business models as attributes of real firms having a direct real impact on business operations business models as cognitive/linguistic schema business models as conceptual representations/descriptions of how an organisation functions. You will look at each of these in more detail in the following sections...Business models in strategic management:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...et les baisers de la fermiere (loosely translatable as wanting not only to have their cake and eat it, but also to kiss the baker’s daughter). But on the other hand, it is conceivable that Deal UK ought to be better than the deals granted to countries that have never been EU members. It would debase the status of EU membership to treat the UK worse than those who have...
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Article 5 mins
Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...et al. (2023), evaluated the engagement of the public in nature-based citizen science projects. Nature-based citizen science is an activity in which people collect high-quality data for scientific use and environmental monitoring. Here Pocock and team tested people’s exposure to nature with both observation as well as citizen science, and confirmed that active...
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Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education
Education & Development

Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education

...et al’s chapter on MOOCs draws attention to the ‘labour iceberg’ of MOOC delivery and the way the MOOC marketplace may lead to some voices, content and forms of knowledge being privileged over others. These perspectives draw further attention to the complexities of work within the neoliberal university context. Taken together, the overall direction of The Digital...
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Article 5 mins
How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...et al (2020) The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/social-care-social-work/the-effects-self-isolation-and-lack-physical-activity-on-carers This work was undertaken by The National Guideline Alliance which received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. The...
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Article 10 mins