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Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...analysis using the National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED), London, Department of Energy and Climate Change, June. DECC (2015b) Community Energy Strategy Update, London, Department of Energy and Climate Change, March. DEFRA (2015) Greenhouse gas reporting – conversion factors 2015 [Online]. Available at www.ukconversionfactorscarbonsmart.co.uk/ (Accessed 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Ethics in science?
Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...analysis of the results is important because noting the change in one person given a specific treatment is not as valid as noting the same change in two or three people and ideally in a much larger group. The clinical trials that occur today to test new drugs may consist of hundreds of participants. The number of participants or sample size of an experiment is the number...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...analysis However, before – or indeed after – the job analysis you might consider whether the vacant job needs to be filled at all. Reallocation of work, internal promotion or temporary transfer could be used to cover the tasks associated with the vacancy. Ask yourself whether the job needs to be changed, updated or filled at all before going any further. An apparent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper
Society, Politics & Law

Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper

...Data from before the referendum showed a rise in applications. During the first two quarters of 2016, official data showed that the government received 64,282 valid applications by citizens of the European Economic Area (which includes EU countries as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechenstein) looking for a document certifying their permanent resident. It’s not possible...
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Article 10 mins
A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...data provider a good idea? [The Met Office, Exeter] Sunny for now... The Met Office HQ in Exeter The Met Office has its origins in a service for mariners, set up in 1854 under the leadership of Robert FitzRoy, who had previously captained HMS Beagle on Darwin’s famous voyage. The organisation developed as part of the Ministry of Defence, with an important role to play...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring comets: A short introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring comets: A short introduction

...data on the interplay between the solar wind and the comet’s atmosphere. ICE subsequently joined a fleet of two Soviet, two Japanese and one European Space Agency probe that studied Halley’s comet in 1986. ESA’s mission, Giotto, was the best equipped. It got to within nearly 600km, and sent back the first close-up pictures of a comet’s nucleus. The most...
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Article 5 mins
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...analysis of the causes, implications and responses to issues of common concern...Urban processes are increasingly held to be responsible for causing a variety of problems environmental destruction, social injustice, global financial instability. They are also identified as harbouring the potential to meet these challenges through urban experiments in sustainable living,...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
The oceans
Science, Maths & Technology

The oceans

...data in this data set. [Described image] Figure 2 Monthly mean atmospheric temperatures for Bergen, Norway and Halifax, Nova Scotia. What are the main differences between the atmospheric temperature cycles of Halifax and Bergen? Halifax is warmer than Bergen in summer, but colder in winter. The range between the maximum and minimum temperatures is also different; in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs