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Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change
Education & Development

Challenging gender discrimination in academia: a call for inclusive change

...analysis finds’. The Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/22/female-scientists-less-likely-to-be-given-authorship-credits-analysis-finds GOV.UK (2022) Inclusive Britain Update Report. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-britain-update-report/inclusive-britain-update-report Guarino, C. M. and Borden, V. M. H....
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Article 5 mins
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...data to life by highlighting the vibrant stories of the diverse residents of Milton Keynes. This ‘new town’ with an increasingly mixed population, serves as a rich case study for understanding demographic changes in ethnicity and religion across the UK. The approach can be applied in any local context. It encourages reflection upon personal lived experience and its...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...analysis and understanding the needs of your workforce. External data –often helps with analysing trends and benchmarking within your external environment. Marketing data –is used to understand customers’ behaviours and preferences, for example to assist HEI student enrolment and retention. Activity 24 Data storytelling Timing: 20 minutes Presenting options and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...data. Although this footprint has reduced since 2019, mainly due to the reduction in emissions from electricity generation, its main components remain broadly the same. [Described image] Figure 3 High-level breakdown of the 2019 mean annual UK carbon footprint per person (adapted from Open Access Government, 2023) The UK government measures consumption emissions, which...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...data receive and respond to information presented in a variety of ways, including text, tables, graphs, diagrams, computer-based multimedia and websites begin to understand how to develop personal learning strategies...Watching the weather: 1 Recording the weather: from the surface - For well over a century, formal observations of the prevailing meteorological conditions...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...analysis, can be applied to assess and weigh the net benefits of such intervention...The economics of flood insurance: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: begin to understand and confidently use some economic concepts and terminology break down the issue of flood risk into some essential elements and apply appropriate economic theory and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...analysis of the exercise experience of female recreational runners’, Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 14(2), pp. 69-82. Brown, P. R., Brown, W. J., Miller, Y. D. and Hansen, V. (2001) ‘Perceived constraints and social support for active leisure among mothers with young children’, Leisure Sciences, 23(3), pp. 131-144. Horne, J., Corr, S. and Earle, S....
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Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...analysis of the modern airport. Using a lively mixture of videos, interactive exercises and readings, the course explores how the social world of the airport is made and maintained. In particular, it investigates how the processes that constitute this world - queuing, check in, security clearance, moving around and so on - depend on relations between people and material...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs