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Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...circulation of a fluid driven by differences in temperature. Convection in the atmosphere plays a vital role in two further mechanisms - quite apart from the emission of longwave radiation - whereby energy is transferred from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere. The first is the transfer of 'thermal' energy (often referred to rather loosely as 'heat') by a combination...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...et al. (2002) suggest that interpersonal skills may be more important in a virtual team because electronic communication is not as rich as face-to-face interactions. ...Managing virtual project teams: 2 Managing virtual teams - The ability to work together at a distance makes it possible to carry out some projects that could not otherwise be carried out, and to involve...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...et al., 2020). Activity 2 Now watch the video ‘Nobody Stands Nowhere’ and consider the implications of what it might mean to make this approach central to Religious Education in schools. [MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR What is your view of the world? How do you see things? What makes you who you are? On what do you base your decisions? Why did you react like that? Do you...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...et al., 1998). As you read the list, consider how a new technology such as electricity or information technology fulfils each criterion. It must have a wide scope for improvement and elaboration. This means that the technology does not appear as a complete and final solution, but as a technology that can be improved through the different opportunities for technological...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...et al., 2018). However, home care has a role in supporting people to regain physical, emotional and social skills and so we might wonder how technology can support people in this – this is an important question to keep asking ourselves as we increasingly adopt technology in the home care environment. In the following activity, you will read a news article on how...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...et al, 2021) showed how collaborative processes did not have any real impact on the development of an inclusive school culture, because people continued to focus upon student’s deficits and how to compensate for or treat them. They lacked leadership in collaborative processes and so did not explore and resolve people’s different understandings and assumptions....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Recovery at the Rugby World Cup
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery at the Rugby World Cup

...et al. (2014) concluded that there is evidence that compression garments are moderately effective in enhancing recovery from exercise induced muscle damage. So it would seem that there is some value to using compression garments to aid recovery. Massage [massage ] Massage is commonly used by rugby players to enhance their recovery between matches, for example, the England...
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Article 5 mins
How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?
History & The Arts

How did a Scottish golf club shape how we remember the First World War?

...et Decorum est, Owen’s shocking poem about a gas attack is not without significance; the 24-year-old officer wrote it two days later. The Shropshire lad then returned to France in 1918 and was killed one week before the Armistice on November 11. [The Conversation]Finding the place of this historic meeting adds another piece of information to our knowledge of the war...
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