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Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...data highlight that 25-30% of businesses had less than good ability to address trust issues stemming from COVID-19 impacts in their organisation. We consider this number to be even higher due to trust being often misunderstood, and survey respondents’ tendency to overrate their businesses performance. Given the impact on entire sectors of industry and rounds of layoffs,...
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Article 10 mins
The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London
Education & Development

The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London

...data collection of twenty-five participants and this project is a pilot to explore issues which are important to children and young people in a view to turn this into a larger project. The lives of Black children and young people are often underrepresented so this is why it is particularly important that their views were captured in terms of how they’ve been feeling and...
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Article 10 mins
Reducing digital carbon footprint through responsible procurement
Nature & Environment

Reducing digital carbon footprint through responsible procurement

...data required to achieve this are becoming more accurate and more accessible than ever before. End of life Before we even think about purchasing, there is another aspect we must consider – what do we do with our technologies once we have finished using them? Discarded electronics products, known as eWaste, present their own environmental challenges. Finite resources A...
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What does scientific evidence tell us about making our homes energy efficient?
Money & Business

What does scientific evidence tell us about making our homes energy efficient?

...data that would be impossible in the field – no actual homeowner would want nearly 300 sensors attached to their house. And what did we find? We added living room thermostats and thermostatic radiator valves and established energy savings of over 40% when compared to a property with no controls. We identified that curtains reduce heat transfer through the windows by...
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The ISIS winter: The environmental impact of Middle East conflict
Nature & Environment

The ISIS winter: The environmental impact of Middle East conflict

...data on the environment, not only after the conflict but also during it, making decision makers more capable of and competent to take appropriate actions," one of the report’s authors, Wim Zwijnenburg, tells SciDev.Net. ISIS militants set fire to oil wells in the summer of 2016, as they retreated from parts of Iraq. The toxic substances that oil fires release into the...
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Introduction to group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to group theory

...analysis and linear algebra. Proofs are a vital part of pure mathematics. Students studying M208 are expected to read through a number of proofs to improve understanding of the course material and to develop mathematical skills, including producing convincing arguments and problem solving. Introduction to group theory consists of material from M208 Unit GTA1, Symmetry,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to linear equations and matrices
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to linear equations and matrices

...analysis and linear algebra. Proofs are a vital part of pure mathematics. Students studying M208 are expected to read through a number of proofs to improve understanding of the course material and to develop mathematical skills, including producing convincing arguments and problem solving. Introduction to linear equations and matrices consists of material from M208 Unit...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...analysis are framed often affects the final decision. The same data can lead to very different conclusions if decision makers have different assumptions about the way the world works...Making decisions: 7.3 What is an effective decision? - To improve decision making it is first important to have a clear idea of how we should judge an effective decision. While in this...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs