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Make a bird house
Nature & Environment

Make a bird house

...2 cm thick: [Dimensions of nesting box pieces] 2. Drill a hole 4-5 cms in diameter in the front section 3. Cut out the sections [Wood cut into sections] 4. Use brass or coated screws to assemble the sections [Putting the the pieces together] 5. Use a hinge to attach the lid [Putting the the pieces together] 6. Cut a piece of roofing felt (or similar waterproof material)...
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Activity 10 mins
A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
Languages

A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...2: Water, a natural resource A radio-style programme where presenter Juan Carlos Jaramillo travels round various Latin-American capitals to find out how people are using and abusing this vital resource. Radio programme 2: Spanish in the world A short talk by Eduardo de Benito resuming the origins of Spanish, the adoption of words from Latin America and the influence of...
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Audio 1 hr 28 mins
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...2 Legal requirements of health and safety in the UK - The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (HSWA) 1974 states that: It is the duty of every employer, so far as is reasonably practicable, to ensure the health, safety and welfare at work of all employees (this includes students). It is the duty of every employee while at work to take reasonable care of himself (herself)...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...2 3 23 110 24 23 25 Czech Republic 116 141 128 124 102 60 80 103 Denmark 30 20 17 16 25 7 14 7 Estonia 13 7 10 9 12 4 5 10 Finland 13 7 10 9 12 4 5 10 France 41 51 50 72 72 15 29 21 Germany 195 138 129 138 135 57 80 70 Greece 282 365 524 465 406 123 171 169 Hungary 207 186 175 125 89 44 57 63 Iceland 5 5 1 5 1 2 1 1 Ireland 129 145 137 170 174 242 244 241 Italy 370 386...
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Article 5 mins
Planetary Protection of Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Mars

...2 Mars lander, which was carried by ESA’s Mars Express mission, was assembled within the Aseptic Assembly Facility, a high-specification cleanroom on the Open University’s campus in Milton Keynes. [: A photograph of the Beagle 2 spacecraft with four engineers, within a cleanroom.]Assembly of the Beagle 2 Mars lander in the Aseptic Assembly Facility at the Open...
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Article 5 mins
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...2 and 3 kWh of primary energy input. It can be seen in the third bar that the delivered energy use in the domestic and services sector is about 2500 PJ. This is almost entirely consumed within buildings. Adding the fraction of industrial energy use that is also used in buildings means that ‘energy in buildings’ makes up almost half of the UK’s delivered energy use....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...2 Opening up development management - In his 1996 paper, ‘What is development management?’ Alan Thomas was concerned to establish whether or not there is a distinctive field that can be labelled ‘development management’. To achieve this he looked at the two terms – ‘development’ and ‘management’ – and subjected them to critical scrutiny. In particular,...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...2 What is forensic science? - At first sight, the answer to this question seems straightforward. The Higher Education Academy offers the following definition: Forensic science is the application of science to matters of law. (Higher Education Academy, 2010) A more careful examination, however, yields some extremely important insights. The ‘science’ part alludes to...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs