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The challenge of invasive alien species
Nature & Environment

The challenge of invasive alien species

...et al. (2011) Invasion triangle: an organisational framework for species invasion. Ecology and Evolution 1(4): 610-625]. This shows invasion as being dependent upon three characteristics: (1) attributes of the potential invader i.e. how competitive the invader is; (2) biotic characteristics of the potentially invaded site; i.e. describing how vulnerable the site is for...
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Article 10 mins
The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...et al, 2015 This is not merely a story about carbon emissions (the driver of the greenhouse effect, and therefore global heating), but about all the ways in which our economy interacts with the earth, it extracts and transforms energy and matter to produce the things we need (and, more unsustainably, want). The earth can only sustainably reproduce about 7 tonnes of...
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Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?

...help when you need it. Reference Schaefer, J. D. et al. (2017). Enduring mental health: Prevalence and prediction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(2), 212-224. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....
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Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...et al., 2022). The consequence of population growth and human development also pitches housing and food production into conflict, with agricultural land and watersheds being subsumed into large tracts of new housing as cities expand. Cities and mega-cities of the world already have ecological footprints vastly larger than their land areas (Steele, 2020). Housing means...
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Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...et al., 1998, in Lawton-Smith, 2017). Trust (see the ‘Trust in the Workplace’ article). An understanding, too, of the lifecycle of a relationship or team, the shifting roles within them of individual members (Belbin, 1981), and of team processes (such as inputs, throughputs and outputs) is likely to lead to them being more positive and sustainable. For managers, an...
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Article 10 mins
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...et al. (2018) who argue for the use of assets-based approaches which ‘value the resources that exist in the community and build on the strengths and affordances of communities’. They further argue that ‘a strong assets-based approach that emphasises and values the experience of community members is an effective way to empower communities to make positive change’....
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...et al., 1999) has emerged as a popular iterative and incremental development process for building enterprise systems based on an object-oriented approach. It promotes a set of best practices, namely that development should be organised in short time-boxed iterations, and that it should be adaptive to accommodate inevitable change. Time boxing means that a (usually) short...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...et River Positive’ grant....Session 1: Biodiversity: Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 A species-rich floodplain meadow. In this session you will learn about floodplain meadow species and plant communities, and the importance of biodiversity in resilience. Biodiversity is a term that encompasses all the variation in living things. Maintaining and enhancing...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs