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What is Manupedia and how do I use it?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is Manupedia and how do I use it?

...data provided are indicative rather than definitive. But if you have an interest in materials processing you are sure to find the Manupedia fascinating and informative. How the Manupedia is organised The processes included in the Manupedia are grouped into several categories. Most of the categories are based on common scientific principles governing the way that material...
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SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?
Education & Development

SEND crisis: overdiagnosis - fact or fiction?

...data tells us a different story; in fact, there is a problem with underdiagnosis instead. Is a diagnosis necessary? While a child in the UK doesn’t need a formal diagnosis to access support at school, identification still plays a significant role. A formal diagnosis can allow access to certain services and resources as well as offering more clarity on a child’s...
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Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...data are compiled by IOM staff but come from a variety of sources, some of which are unofficial. To learn more about how data on migrants’ deaths and disappearances are collected, click here. [Graphic supporting detail in the text] Download the Latest Mediterranean Update infographic here. For latest arrivals and fatalities in the Mediterranean, please visit:...
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How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints
Nature & Environment

How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints

...data they generate, as well as the energy and equipment required to transmit, store, process and present that data. With that in mind, cutting back on how we use video is the first place to start in our quest to reduce the carbon emissions we generate when using digital technologies. We can then look for opportunities to reduce unnecessary power consumption by turning...
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Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...analysis in his work, he drew on quantitative rather than qualitative data. You may also have been interested in his argument that if he were undertaking this analysis today, he would use both quantitative and qualitative data to explore the historical resources. In our reading of this article,we, the authors of this course were struck by Graff’s comments that implied...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Investigating psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating psychology

...analysis Margaret Wetherell Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 4 items in each list. Cognitive Mary Ainsworth 1980s social changes Discourse analysis Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list: a.Stephen Reicher b.Margaret Wetherell c.Elizabeth Loftus...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...analysis leads to the collection of data on: why the organisation is exposed and whether the risk is avoidable the size of the risk – graded perhaps from 1 to 10 (an exercise that is admittedly difficult if you are solely relying on qualitative assessments) the warnings of possible catastrophic outcomes the costs of accepting or avoiding risks the identification of...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...data, of, in his case, mapping the data. So you actually began to see patterns and causes of poverty. NARRATOR Booth colour- coded his maps of London, marking the poor areas in blue, and those he called vicious, semi-criminal, in black. JOANNA MACK Here we have a map Stepney in East London. You can certainly see on this map that whole streets get that classified as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs