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Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...work. Why diesel engines have slightly higher energy efficiency than petrol engines. The reasons for the shift from petrol to diesel engines. 5 Petrol and diesel emissions Typical emissions of vehicles under ‘driving cycle’ and real-world conditions; ways to reduce NOx and particulate emissions. The importance of ‘real world’ emissions testing. The Volkswagen...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Geometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Geometry

...Work out the percentage of the total vote polled by each of the four parties. Answer (a) Red party: 120°. Blue party: 95°. Yellow party: 95°. Green party: 50°. (b) 120° + 95° + 95° + 50° = 360°. (c) Since 360° represents 100%, 1° will represent or . So the Red party polled The Blue party and the Yellow party polled The Green party polled...Geometry: 1.3 Angles,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...working with positive and negative numbers and how to multiply and divide with fractions and decimals...Do fractions and decimals make you apprehensive about maths? Do you lack confidence in dealing with numbers? If so, then this free course, Numbers, units and arithmetic, is for you. The course will explain the basics of working with positive and negative numbers and how...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...social factors (Mintz and Du Bois, 2002). These factors add other dimensions to food security. To fulfil these dimensions, emphasis on production alone is not sufficient. In Activity 2, you will get a sense of the diversity of diets, dietary choices and preferences around the world. Activity 2 Dinner plates around the world Timing: Allow around 1 hour This activity asks...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...social situations. Lady Fookes I would describe a lie as a deliberate misrepresentation of a fact. Deliberate and I think that's the key thing. If I may make the comparison with a murder it has to be deliberate to be murder or so reckless of the consequences as to be the same thing which would distinguish it from manslaughter when you do it by mistake. It's not intended....
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Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...works, it struggled to throw off some of the technical writing habits of academic medicine. It wasn’t until his 1973 book Awakenings that he became recognised both as a remarkable writer and a remarkable neurologist, as the book recounted his experience with seemingly paralysed patients from the 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic and their remarkable awakening and...
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Article 5 mins
How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...work on more recent press reporting of Savile suggests there is no room for complacency. The UK press’s coverage of Savile between his death in October 2011 and three days after the ITV broadcast of Exposure in October 2012, which named him as a serial abuser of girls (the evidence of his abuse of boys came later), shows a similar sexist complicity to that of Savile’s...
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Article 5 mins
Are the Orlando murders part of a public health emergency?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are the Orlando murders part of a public health emergency?

...work in countries like Australia. Ziming Xuan: How common are mass shootings? One indication is that after the Umpqua shooting last October, President Obama spoke about the “routine” nature of mass shootings in our country. We’ve regularly heard from the president on the issue. After the Kansas mass shooting in February 2016, Obama also urged the country not to...
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Article 5 mins