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Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...Code of Practice (ACOP) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance. Regulation 3: Risk assessment In plain English, this means the employer must carry out a risk assessment whenever people are employed and this must take into account all the statutes and ACOPs, including fire precautions, which all persons must be told about. The host employer must provide these...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...simple single-celled organisms called bacteria, and other microscopic forms of life, that play an important part in the working of the ecosystem. The most obvious components of the physical environment of the pool are the rock that surrounds it, the sea water in it, and the air above it (when the tide is out). But these physical factors are far from fixed. The tides, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...simple show of hands enough to authorise such action at short notice. Strike action must go to a postal ballot and meet rigorous restrictions on time frames and notification to employers. The Trade Union Act of 2016 made action even harder. The Conservative Government’s legislation means that half of all members need to vote in any ballot to make any action legal as...
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Article 5 mins
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...simple way to do this is by changing their hygiene rating score to purple to show the allergy community that those serving food on these premises have acquired the right level of food allergy education. They feel such an initiative has the potential to create cultures of safety, create inclusive practices, offer more choice, and uphold their social freedoms to dine out of...
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Audio 2 hrs
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...code. It seems, therefore, that being able to feel pain is a state of affairs favourable to the continuing success of the species. This is unlikely to be foremost in the thoughts of someone who has just broken their leg or poured boiling water over their foot, but the fact remains that feeling pain is part of the defences that enable us to stay alive (Figure 1). [Figure...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...simples dignités (‘Treatise on orders and plain dignities’); the other is from an article by Defoe (1660–1731), a novelist and social commentator, in an eighteenth-century newspaper. Read the two quotations then answer the following questions: How many groups or orders do Loyseau and Defoe identify? What is the basis for their division of society? Loyseau, Traité...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...simple, but it is important to get them clear. If a group of workers produces 10 000 units of output in one year, and 12 000 units the next year, how would you calculate the percentage increase in productivity? Answer You want to know the percentage increase represented by the second year's output, 12 000, over the first year's output, 10 000. Subtracting 10 000 from 12...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
Money & Business

Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting

...simple equations. Being able to understand and express the Accounting Equation in different forms is crucial to understanding a fundamental accounting concept (the dual aspect concept) and the principal financial statements (the profit and loss account and the balance sheet). You will learn more about the Accounting Equation in sections 2 and 3. An equation is a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs