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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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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
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...analysis of variations on conventional endothermy. Whilst most hibernating endotherms lower the temperature of all or parts of their bodies by between 5 and 25° C, many ectotherms and some mammals are characterized by their ability to depress their T b to below the freezing point of water. In either situation, physiological adaptations must include: thermoregulatory...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 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
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...data on its population. In Activity 4, you will explore contemporary examples of the novel’s continuing significance by considering this in more detail. [A woman on her phone in a digital matrix environment] Figure 5 Surveillance is a key theme in Nineteen Eighty-Four Activity 4 In the box below, note down what information the UK government (or government of any other...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...You can check the communities, from the British Isles, to Hong Kong, South Africa and Chile. Study with The Open University Environment: Journeys through the changing world (U116) - plus, there are many other modules in the environment, development and management context - visit the prospectus site for more. The data behind the day [Information related to the environment]...
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