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Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...et al. (2003). What was the difference in average beak size of all adults before the drought in 1977 and the average beak size of adults that survived the drought? Before the drought, the average size of adult beaks was 9.2 mm. The average beak size of adults that survived was 9.9 mm. Explain how the average beak size of birds changed from before the drought in 1977 to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...et al., Ethnic Minorities in Britain: Diversity and Disadvantage. London: Policy Studies Institute. Source: Smith, 1997, pp.718–20 Discussion Our spider diagram is reproduced below. Once again we wrote the extract details on the top of the page. We also thought up some questions: What is the extent of racially motivated crime and harassment? Are all minority ethnic...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...et al. 2020) and such results show that reading can lead to potentially important behavioural change within society. [This image is of an oil/canvas painting by Henri Matisse, titled The Silence that Lives in Houses, 1947. The image shows two faceless figures reading a book at a table with a plant, with a window behind them that has some trees in the background.] ‘The...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...et cetera and how you want to dip into those. It's also really important, I think, at the start when you're looking at how much, you need to consider any debt that you have. Using your 25% tax free cash that you can take from your pension can be a really good way to pay off that debt as you head into retirement. The second step is then to work out how you're going to fund...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...et al., 2003). Fine-tuning of the breathing pattern is controlled by inputs from the pontine respiratory group (Figure 16). Information from stretch receptors in the lungs is also used by the respiratory centres to determine when the lungs have expanded to full capacity. Some neurodegenerative diseases, such as motor neurone disease, are characterised by respiratory...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...et al. (1974) observed that rule oriented structure adversely affects employee satisfaction but improves productivity. In general, it has been observed that high autonomy and broad job scope are directly related to employees’ intrinsic job satisfaction (Fleishman, 1973; House, 1971; Hunt and Liebscher, 1973). Contradicting the mainstream trend in literature, Zeist...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...completely independent. Following in the footsteps of Ackoff, and with others, Schoderbeck et al. (1985) described the complexity of what they regarded as a real or physical system as arising from the interaction of: (a) the number of elements comprising the system, for example, the number of chips on a circuit board; (b) the attributes of the specified elements of the system, for example, the degree of proficiency of ......
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...et al., 1999, Kojima, 2010). Ghrelin is often called the ‘hunger hormone’, although its name is derived from a different function – causing the release of growth hormone (Growth Hormone Release Inducing). It is released into the blood when the stomach is empty and travels to the brain. There, it acts on a control centre in the brain called the hypothalamus and makes...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs