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Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...artificial sources of warmth and illumination. Technologies for harnessing the power of the Sun, firewood, water and wind continued to improve right up to the early years of the Industrial Revolution, but by then, the advantages of coal, the first of the fossil fuels to be exploited on a large scale, had become apparent. These highly concentrated energy sources soon...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...intelligence. By way of further example, if you were born into a poor family you would be more likely to remain poor and die earlier (Marmot, 2008). If you are a young Black or disabled person in your early twenties in the UK, you are more than twice as likely not to be in employment, education or training (NEET) as young white and non-disabled people (EHRC, 2010). There...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Do you trust forensic science in the criminal justice system?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do you trust forensic science in the criminal justice system?

...intelligent, and professional each speaker sounds. SPEAKER DNA is the genetic material found in most living organisms, including humans. The pattern and arrangement of nucleotide bases in DNA are unique to each individual and are preserved in the chromosomes, which can be passed on to the organism’s offspring. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, totalling 46. Each...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...artificial fertilizers must be used down river in the valley. Without the yearly supply of sediment in floodwater, the banks of the Nile are eroding downstream of the dam, and the Nile delta is reducing in size; the erosion by wave action no longer being counteracted by a fresh supply of sediment...Surface water: 3.4.6 Soil salinization - The change from annual flooding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...artificiality of an interview context can induce anxiety which can mean participants give one-word/short responses to questions. Occasionally, this can create a dynamic where the researcher falls to closed questioning leaving little space for the participant to give lengthy and detailed answers. If this happens, ask open-ended questions and avoid closed questions which...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...artificial ideal types of constructs. In fact, all leadership models can be dismissed a little more than stereotypes. If questioned, most leaders would prefer to describe themselves as transformational and at times, they probably are. However, if we are to observe their day-to-day practices, we might well observe a transactional approach. Most leaders are both depending...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...intelligence and behavior across urban, suburban, and rural areas in Belgium: A longitudinal birth cohort study of twins’, PLoS Med, 17(8). Day, L. (2019) The Science of Fresh Air and Sunshine. Available at: https://admin.babysensory.com/ content/ S636886817516118420/ The%20Science%20of%20fresh%20air%20and%20sunshine.pdf (Accessed: 12 April 2023). Dinkel, D., Snyder,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...intelligible language of madness and misery. Ecstasy only smiles--despair laughs.” [Interior of a pub]Interior of a pub - Wikimedia Commons Future ghosts and monsters to come: Twenty-First Century Irish Ghost Fiction In this final section of the article, you will move forward to the twenty-first century, to examine the contribution of three contemporary writers to the...
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Article 45 mins