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The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...et al 1967). Divers are also frequent victims and among wildfowl, eiders Somateria spp., scoters Melanitta spp. and the Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemaIis have suffered losses in tens of thousands in some incidents (McCallum 1964; Harrison 1967). In March 1968, 1,300 Common Eiders and scoters were found oiled in the Firth of Tay in Scotland (J. J. D. Greenwood, pers....
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...et al (2000) ‘Bursars’ expected roles: an overview’, From Bursar to School Business Manager, Pearson Education Ltd. DfES, (2004) Looking for a Bursar. Crown copyright material is reproduced under Class Licence Number C01W0000065 with the permission of the Controller if HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland (Various extracts) Davies, B. and Ellison, L. (1999)...
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So, if you are not sure that the context is going to be there for you, scenario planning is very helpful. We look at how the bigger forces in the context, things like the demographics of China, the rate at which climate change is unfolding, the speed of greater inequality in the world, the debt that Western countries are taking on and...
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...et al., 2008; note that ‘et al.’ indicates that there were several other authors) Less than 40 years before this woefully optimistic claim, at least 20 million people had died in 1918–19 from influenza, most of them young adults in the UK, USA and Europe. Public health officials in the USA in the 1940s were actively campaigning to halt the spread of tuberculosis...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...et al. (2019) show just how prevalent the idea of the leader as person is in the narratives of UK policy documents and academic writing about the sector. There is a good reason for this, as it is often people with great belief, talent and drive who establish successful voluntary organisations in the first place. Another reason why people are bewitched by leaders is that...
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...et al., 2008 p. 203) The Ladder: Change is achieved by allowing people to resolve immediate needs and gradually accumulate resources and voice. Enlightened Elites: Change is achieved by shifting the hearts and minds of people in power, either through self-interest or threat, leading them to make institutions and policies more responsive. People in the Streets: Change is...
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...et al., 2007). Can you suggest why MRI is potentially less harmful to patients than CT? Unlike X‑ray-based diagnostics such as CT, MRI does not expose patients to potentially harmful ionising radiation. A typical MRI scanner is shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 A clinical MRI instrument...Metals in medicine: 3.1 MRI in practice - It’s important to appreciate from the start...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)
Education & Development

A mentoring mindset (Meddylfryd mentora)

...et al., 2020). It is also the case that beginner teachers may be called by various terms, including: student-teacher; trainee teacher; early career teacher or beginning teacher (Hobson and Malderez, 2013). To aid in understanding how coaching differs from mentoring, this course will draw on the research of Lofthouse et al. (2010) on developing coaching among teachers....