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Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...modes of reproduction in monotremes, marsupials and placental mammals describe the cellular basis of lactation and explain the benefits of an early diet of milk explain the significance of mammalian metabolic rate explain how and why the thermogenic response differs among species...Introducing mammals: 1 Defining mammals - Personal experience highlights the diversity of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...et al., 1993). The scene is a typical household kitchen. On the kitchen counter is a plate of biscuits. Lily is in the kitchen. Lily is hungry and can see the biscuits. Which of these assumptions, if any, do you think are reasonable to make: Lily likes eating biscuits Lily would be happy if she ate the biscuits Lily would be unhappy if she could not eat the biscuits Lily...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...mode, which is the most common income. Both of these are £100. But this ignores the fact that some people earn a great deal more. Does this give a fair picture? To give a fairer picture of income distribution in the village, we could give the upper and lower deciles (the average income of the lowest-earning 10 per cent and highest-earning 10 per cent of the villagers),...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...et al. (2001) analysed the spatial distribution of unemployment and the success rates of NDYP leavers in securing jobs (see Figures 4 (a) and 4 (b)). [Figure 4] (Source: based on Sunley et al., 2001, p. 489-490, Figures 2 and 3) Figure 4 (a) Youth unemployment by New Deal areas, 1997; (b) NDYP participants moving into unsubsidised jobs by New Deal areas, as at April 2000...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...et al., 2018) which you completed in Section 2 or SWOT analysis (Carlson, 2016) are useful tools to encourage students to reflect and identify strengths, learning needs (weaknesses), opportunities and threats. It provides a baseline from which learning objectives can be established. Activity 16 Read Morrison’s (2011) article ‘SWOT analysis for Nurses and Health care...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Education & Development

Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?

...et al., (2014) have shown readers benefit from being invited to participate in richly reciprocal and interactive reading communities, communities which include their teachers as readers. One of the challenges however, as our book highlights, is teachers’ knowledge of children’s literature. When 22% of 1200 primary phase teachers cannot or do not name a single...
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Article 10 mins
Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...et al., 2021), led by Exeter University and involving myself and other Open University academics, suggests that this climate policy ‘game’ is beginning to look outdated. OK, so what’s changed? We identified three factors: Our understanding of the economic impacts of climate policy is developing. The traditional modelling approach, still widely used, assumes an...
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Article 10 mins
How do microplastics make their way into our food?
Nature & Environment

How do microplastics make their way into our food?

...et al 2022. Recognising that sewage sludge application introduces microplastics into soil is crucial when addressing microplastic pollution. To mitigate the potential risks associated with microplastics from sewage sludge we need to focus on advanced treatment processes, explore alternative waste management options, and enact appropriate regulations. This will result in...
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Article 10 mins