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Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...statistical basis. RH: You did that as an economist? That would normally be a physical science exercise. RT: I did it as a statistician, I would say, rather than an economist. RH: So you were one of the people that helped prove that human fingerprint was on climate change? RT: We were the first to show that in a statistically sound way. RH: Congratulations. I think...
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Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...statistics on solar power and renewables generally, but particularly solar, we see that they’re still just a tiny, tiny penetration in terms of the amount of megawatts of power produced, just a few percent, even in a country like Bangladesh which is very sunny, and when there’s heavy penetration of solar in the rural market, but he says this actually creates a...
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Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...Statistics...Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: visualise problems using pictures and diagrams recognise patterns in a variety of different situations use a word formula to help solve a problem derive simple word formulas, for example for use in a spreadsheet use doing and undoing diagrams to...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...Statistics [online]. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/ eurostat/ statistics-explained/ index.php/ Disability_statistics (accessed 08 June 2017). McNaught, A., Evans, S., Ball, S. (2010) ‘E-Books and Inclusion: Dream Come True or Nightmare Unending?’, in: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. and Karshmer, A. (eds) ‘Computers Helping People with Special Needs....
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...statistical information collected in a Süddeutsche Zeitung survey about people’s favourite snacks, and then answer the questions you hear in the recording. There is no need for complete sentences here; just answer in short phrases. Was für Snacks essen die Deutschen gern? Wenn der kleine Hunger kommt, ist die Pizza für viele der beliebteste Snack. 71 Prozent der...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...statistical bulletin 2017. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/ government/ uploads/ system/ uploads/ attachment_data/ file/ 712543/ TU_membership_bulletin.pdf (Accessed: 17 July 2019). Piketty, T. (2014) Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Harvard: Harvard University Press. Reed, H. (2013) ‘How can the UK boost the wage share? The rebalancing requires, above all, a new...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) which is produced by the American Psychiatric Association, and which is a comprehensive manual of mental disorders, now in its fifth edition. Chapter V of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) which is produced by the World Health Organization, and is currently in its tenth...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...statistics, and so you made it look that way. Are you an optimist or a pessimist about the future of the planet? Human beings are a very, very ingenious species, and I’ve not doubt that we will be discovering all sorts of things that will solve some of the problems that we see facing us and which seem insoluble. I expect we’ll solve a lot of them, but I still think,...
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