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Do children exercise less in winter?
Education & Development

Do children exercise less in winter?

...data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, which measured levels of physical activity in more than 700 seven year old children across a calendar year using accelerometers. Using the data, they also modelled the relationship between levels of activity and variables such as gender, weight and family income. The results of their study are published in the journal Medicine &...
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Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...analysis is at the heart of good science. This free course, Assessing contemporary science, will introduce you to the assessment of reports on contemporary areas in science, allowing you to examine the scientific information that is available to members of the public in a range of forms. Additionally, you will explore the ways in which scientific knowledge develops and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...data. There will be plenty of examples to help you progress, together with opportunities to practise your understanding...Have you ever noticed how often you need maths skills in everyday life? This free course is an introduction to Level 1 Essential Skills in maths that’s designed to inspire you to improve your current maths skills and help you to remember any areas...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Sex and the Natsal surveys – how do you compare?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sex and the Natsal surveys – how do you compare?

...least - "Sex stats for the British population" an interactive stats tool giving you access to all of Natsal-3 data in a fun and easy-to-use way. Mae'r adnodd yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | This resource is also available in Welsh. [Wellcome Trust logo] This work has been funded by a Wellcome Trust research enrichment public engagement grant. Grant number: 212931/Z/18/A...
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IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...have an awareness of how IT impacts on everyday life...IT in everyday life: 1.1 Data and information - Although this course is about IT, the technologies you'll be learning about do not actually handle information. Instead they handle data. In everyday language the terms 'data' and 'information' are often used interchangeably, but it is important to understand the difference when you are......
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...data centres). Secondly, the success of such technologies depends on factors that go well beyond the purely technical, to include, especially, human and organisational factors, but also many others. When we talk about IT systems we mean both more than technology and – within the technology – more than software. Hardware technology is just as important for IT success...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...analysis of spend categories within their own apps. All in all, this means awareness of carbon footprints is higher than it has ever been. However, there is one very significant part of our lifestyles that is difficult to find, or indeed absent, in many of these carbon footprint calculators – if you haven’t guessed already, it’s our digital lifestyle. Digital carbon...
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Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...data from this project and will be publishing a full peer-reviewed article exploring the findings in more depth. However, we can give some initial results of the research and some of the interventions we have already begun to try to improve our students’ experience. Our Associate Lecturers, many of whom taught on the previous module (A217: Introducing Religions) which...
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