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Writing critically and structuring your essay - Academic Study Skills
Education & Development

Writing critically and structuring your essay - Academic Study Skills

...you can use to help your essays flow coherently and to make your arguments clearer and more persuasive...Open this tutorial in a new tab. More like this Cardiff University offer a wide range of online tutorials and other study-skills support aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate taught students. These include tips on how to study more effectively, time management, what
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Want to achieve your goal? Try our Personal Best tool
Health, Sports & Psychology

Want to achieve your goal? Try our Personal Best tool

...techniques from sports psychology to tackle your own everyday goals. This tool will allow you to set a simple measurable goal such as exercising 3 times a week, or saving £500 in 6 weeks. When you set your target, the tool will calculate what you have to accomplish each week in order to achieve it. You need to be able to quantify your goal making sure that it is...
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The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...techniques for intervening in genetic disorders such as mass genetic screening, gene therapy and genetic manipulation these are among the most fraught areas of debate in modern biology and medical science. Such revolutionary techniques bring with them profound social and ethical dilemmas as they open up the possibility of redirecting our future evolution. The science of...
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Modelling pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling pollution

...techniques provide a scientific basis for the political decisions that have revived the area. The material forms part of course MSXR209 Mathematical Modelling... Modelling pollution A short introduction to this album. Pollution in the Great Lakes From equations to models – experts explain water quality modelling and describe types of pollution. Modelling pollution...
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Molecular Science: Spectrometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Molecular Science: Spectrometry

...techniques that are used to determine the structure of chemical compounds - infrared spectroscopy, proton (1H) and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. This material is taken from The Open University course S205 The molecular world... Molecular Science: Spectrometry A short introduction to this album. Infra-red Spectrometry Preparing...
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Radiotherapy and its Physics
Science, Maths & Technology

Radiotherapy and its Physics

...techniques of radiotherapy, one of the key weapons in the fight against cancer. It is designed to enable you to develop a broad and balanced appreciation of this area of contemporary medicine, rather than a detailed ‘professional’ knowledge. The course explains the principles of applying basic physics to radiotherapy in dosimetry, external and internal treatment...
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Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...techniques Derek talks about long cane training and his decision to do guide dog training. Dealing with External Environment Derek describes the difficulties faced on the streets today and the interaction he has with strangers. Returning to Work A demonstration of the software and technology Derek uses in his office Retaining Independence How Derek found the motivation to...
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Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course

...techniques. Or can I? A few years ago I did some filming with the police which included an interview with Steve Retford (an officer with Greater Manchester Police) who jokingly described the BBC series Life on Mars as '...a police training film from way back then'. Life on Mars features a modern day police officer who travels back in time to the 1970s, and is shocked at...
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