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Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...become – as many would see it – ‘a symbol of the civilian suffering in the Vietnam war’ (Arnett et al., 1998, pp. 96–7), does this mean that a photograph can somehow offer a deeper truth about society and history? And is it a different sort of truth from that disclosed by other social science data? Activity 1 Now look closely again at Nick Ut's photograph and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...become teams in the time their members are working together. In practice, groups may be labelled as teams when they are no such thing. ‘Team’ is not a neutral word. As Parsloe (1981) observed, it is ‘soaked in positive values’. Teams are expected to be collaborative, egalitarian, cooperative and committed. Our images of teams are so positive that the word 'team'...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...becoming heavily keratinised, and prevents loss of water from the frog's body during the 9–10 months of aestivation. At the start of the rainy season, heavy rain with consequent seepage of water into the frogs' burrows, stimulates the frogs to emerge. Breeding and feeding occur during the short wet season. Reptiles with a scaly keratinised skin are not so prone to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant

...student experience at university starts with the quality of the services provided by the university staff: academics and professional support staff. In order for all staff to provide these quality experiences, they need to feel well and supported themselves. You cannot pour from an empty cup. (Bassa, 2022) Mae’r cwrs rhad ac am ddim hwn yn rhan o’r casgliad Cefnogi...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...become tumour paint. The film presented Olson with an opportunity. He thought he could use it to harness two of the most powerful tools of the modern entrepreneur: goodwill and crowdfunding. As it happens, just a few blocks away from him were the offices of the world’s biggest internet retailer, Amazon. He sent them a link to Bringing Light and invited the Amazon team...
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Article 5 mins
Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...become the focus over the years for some sloppy history writing, careless repetition of unchecked ‘facts’ and, recently, social media/online comments about English oppressors crushing leftie Scots. These ‘myths’ (or untruths) have been tackled recently in a series of articles (links below). Gordon Barclay, Military Historian Barclay’s arguments are outlined more...
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Article 20 mins
Cloning
Nature & Environment

Cloning

...becoming adults. In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that live, human-made micro-organisms were patentable material, paving the way to make cloning research profitable. Technology continued to advance and in 1984 Steen Willadsen, a Danish embryologist working in Texas, succeeded in cloning a sheep using a nucleus from a cell of an early embryo. This exciting result was...
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Article 30 mins
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...become aware of both the shape of their environment – and their food (Figure 7). [Described image] Figure 7 A dolphin projects a series of clicks at different frequencies towards its prey. By sensing the returning echoes, it can determine the distance to its prey and environment. Other animals that commonly use ultrasound are the bats. These species show amazing...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs