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Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...adult mosquito hatches after a period of pupation and can transmit diseases such as malaria. Non-pathogenic bacteria are also part of the aquatic system. One such bacterium, Escherichia coli (E. coli), has various strains, most of which are non-pathogenic and exist in human and animal intestines in a symbiotic relationship, making substances needed by humans and animals....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...adult beetles have laid their eggs on trees killed by fire. It also nests in trees recently killed by fire (Collard, 2015)...Fire ecology: 3.3 Morphological traits for detecting fire - An interesting example of a morphological trait in animals that may be adaptive in fire-prone habitats is the presence of fire detectors in a number of insect species. The pyrophilic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
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Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...adult skill development. Find out more here cpdstandards.com/research. By participating in this high profile research, you will be contributing to scientific knowledge about adult skill development and how we can develop successful future careers. Participation is confidential, voluntary and we will not pass on your details to others....Session 2: From idea to reality:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...adult education and training for post 16 students, and that got me to understand where teachers are coming from. It got me to speak the speak and it got me to understand the terminology. Video 2 In the video, Sarah stressed the importance of ‘doing your homework’. By becoming knowledgeable on the exam syllabus or the scheme of work being studied it ensures you are...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...adult bear's re-warming energy cost is 105 greater than that of a mouse and the energy required for re-warming is equivalent to the energy needed to remain euthermic for nearly 3 days (compared to 3 hours in the mouse). The importance of size is balanced by the importance of the habitat, and by the ability of animals to evolve their thermoregulatory strategy to match...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...adult education and companies. Currently Ayesha works with faculties in embedding employability and PDP, including managing careers and employability related projects to enhance student experience and improve student outcomes. WELLBEING: JITKA VSETECKOVA [Photograph of Jitka Vseteckova.] Jitka Vseteckova is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...adult population. The upward trend continued in the 1830s and 1840s. These numbers may still seem relatively small in relation to the population as a whole, which was also rapidly increasing, but they represented only the committed core and Sunday attendances would certainly have been considerably higher. In the meantime, not least because of the enhanced respectability...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
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Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...adult can deposit into an ISA account in each tax year. This allowance is set by the government. * Leasehold Ownership of property for a defined term (the term of the lease, e.g. 99 years) but not of the land it stands on. * Lifetime ISA (LISA) An Individual Savings Account that provides an annual bonus from the government. LISAs must be used either to help buy a property...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs