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Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...University course S397 Terrestrial ecosystems...Fire ecology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain why fire is an important component of healthy ecosystems explain what is meant by a ‘fire regime’ and how changes in fire regimes can lead to changes in ecosystems describe some adaptive features of plants that have evolved in...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...universally agreed definition. ‘Over-indebtedness’, ‘problem debt’ and ‘financial difficulty’ can all be used as interchangeable terms for the same debt problems (DTI, 2005). ‘Over-indebtedness’ is a term used to describe debt that has become a heavy burden for the borrower. Citizens Advice defines ‘problem debt’ as ‘when an individual is unable to...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...University course called Earth in crisis: environment policy in an international context (DU311). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following source for permission to reproduce material in this course: Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons
Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...universal access to quality education. Each has measurable targets and detailed reports are published annually. As a result of the Millennium Development Goal to ‘achieve universal primary education’, the number of children attending primary school has increased. Now 90 per cent of the world’s children are enrolled in primary school. [Described image] Figure 7...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...University Press and Kegan Paul. Dickinson, Emily (2002) ‘If I …’, quoted in frontispiece to Staying Alive: real poems for unreal times, ed. by Neil Astley, Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books. Donaghy, Michael (1993) ‘L’, Errata, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Eliot, T.S. (1975) Selected Prose of T.S. Eliot, ed. by F. Kermode, London: Faber. Eliot, T.S....
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...University course A224 Inside music. It covers ground similar to that found in the syllabus of the Associated Board Theory Grades 1–3 (ABRSM, 2018). Sound files have been provided for all the music notation examples as it is important for you to be able to listen to the sounds represented by the notation. There is an audio bar below each notated example; click on the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
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Money & Business

Розуміння вашої галузі

...Guide [Online] Milton Keynes, The Open University. Available at http://www2.open.ac.uk/ students/ _data/ documents/ careers/ restricted/ career-planning-and-job-seeking-workbook.pdf (Accessed 14 October 2016) The Guardian ‘Why you should work in the charity sector’, 18 January 2019. Available at https://jobs.theguardian.com/ article/
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...University course DD211 Understanding politics: ideas and institutions in the modern world ...What is politics?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the competing interpretations of what politics is, who does it and where it is done grasp the importance of politics and the variety of ways in which politics affects your...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs