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What does climate change mean for Pakistan?
Nature & Environment

What does climate change mean for Pakistan?

...Institute of Information Technology. The study, published this month (June) in Atmospheric Research, shows that Pakistan was hit by 126 heat waves of varying durations over the 1997‒2015 period for an average of seven heat waves per year. This year, at least 65 people have died in the capital Karachi, and temperatures in parts of the country have exceeded 40 degrees...
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A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...institutions: February to mid-July (six weeks of summer vacation) and September to mid/late-January (four weeks of winter vacation). There are no half-terms. Most schools start in the early morning (about 7:30 am) to early evening (about 6 pm) with 2 hours lunch break. Many schools have evening self-study classes running from 7 pm-9 pm so students can finish their...
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Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...et al. (2021) We understand that there are often many pressures on your time as school leaders and as such, this course can be completed flexibly with the ability to track your progress and return to sections at a later stage. Before starting, it is important key terms that are often used interchangeably in education are defined. Explore the Glossary section and then...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...institutions like the EU and of introducing political uncertainty into the marketplace. These results should send a powerful warning to those in the U.S. who want to pursue a similar strategy. [Donald Trump gives a "Fonz-style" thumbs-up from the stage at the Republican National Convention] Donald Trump is riding a popular wave Populism on the rise Both the Republican and...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...et al., 1997) and make a list under two headings: Burnout causes that you have already learned about in this session. Burnout causes that are new to you. Abstract Individual differences in burnout are examined by discussing … profiles from three athletes who were identified as having burned out. … These cases were chosen as they represented different [strains] of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...et al., 2022), for instance the industry segment of agricultural drones or the industry segment of logistics drones. Despite much of the drone market still being in its infancy, PwC forecasts that, in the UK, agricultural and logistics drones will see the largest gains from the adoption of drone applications by 2030, with other growing industry segments including defence,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...Institute for Public Policy Research, which found that ‘not all low-income families use consumer credit or get into debt, but poverty and job insecurity increase vulnerability to debt problems’ (Ben-Galim and Lanning, 2010). The study goes on to note that ‘job insecurity and fluctuations in income and expenditure can expose poorer households to debt problems’...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2019) and King’s Fund (in Macguire et al., 2019) use phrases such as ‘digital technology’, ‘digital health technologies’ (DHT) and ‘digital change’ while NICE (2019) outline quality standards requirements for the use of such technology, including information about how to evidence effectiveness and economic...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs