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Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...statistics, although we appreciate that the uncertainties there are still considerably high and that the future development of research in particular in the physical science base is consisting of improvement of the models plus an increase of the grid resolution of these models. The granularity with which the models can inform us will increase, which will provide even a...
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The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...statistics can be taken at face value, more people are killing themselves in peacetime than in war. In a paper published in 2013, Tomlinson wrote: “Since 1998 the suicide rate in Northern Ireland has almost doubled, following a decade during which the rate declined from a low level of 10 per 100,000 of the population to 8.6.” The overall rate is now 16.25 per 100,000:...
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An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...statistics which are broken down by category, for example, by gender or genre. You could even view the borrowing data for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or students with English as a second language (EASL). In doing so, your LMS will be able to supply you with important data on reading and literacy, a topic which will undoubtedly be of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...Statistics. Available at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ ons/ dcp171778_280959.pdf (Accessed 30 September 2012). ONS (2012b) Construction statistics - No. 13, 2012 Edition [Online], Office for National Statistics. Available at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ ons/ rel/ construction/ construction-statistics/ no--13--2012-edition/ index.html (Accessed 30 September 2012). Rylands v Fletcher...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...statistics on THB from the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2012). Activity 6 Who are the victims and perpetrators of THB? Analyse the statistics below and answer the following questions. Question 1 What gender are the majority of the victims? What proportion of the victims are male? [Described image] Figure 6...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...statistical, or something like that?...Introducing the philosophy of religion: Philosophical and non-philosophical questions - Activity 3 Using the list below, try to decide how many of the questions are philosophical questions. Make a note of the questions you’re sure about. If you’re not so sure, jot down the reasons you see for answering one way or the other. But...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...statistics’ (Solow, 1987). The ‘Solow Paradox’, as this is often called, addresses the fact that the wave of inventions based on the microprocessor and the memory chip failed to generate the economy-wide increases in productivity that previous technological revolutions had produced. Only in the mid 1990s did productivity growth seem to be on a rebound: between 1975...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...Statistical Yearbook 2014 [Online]. Available at https://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/statistical-yearbook (Accessed 20 February 2019). Olsberg SPI (2015) Economic Contribution of the UK’s Film, High-End TV, Video Game, and Animation Programming Sectors [Online]. Available at
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs