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History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past

...style of the writer, diaries and journals may contain the same level of detail about reading response, but because they form a daily record, are also more likely to include references to everyday reading habits. Private Collection/Bridgeman Art Figure 4 Waiting for the Times, 1831, by Benjamin Robert Haydon UK RED contains evidence from a large number of manuscript and...
Oxygen, blood and the body
Science, Maths & Technology

Oxygen, blood and the body

...et al. 1993). [science fiction man in green light with bloodshot no ats] Green blood in humans? Science fiction or science fact? Green blood featured in an episode of the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (The Theory of Everything). It may sound like science fiction - and indeed Star Trek’s Mr Spock supposedly had green blood - but real cases have been noted of...
Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...et al., 2017) · dread associated with negative environmental information more generally (Clayton, 2020) · heightened psychological (mental, emotional, somatic) distress in response to the climate emergency (Bednarek, 2019). The term is an oversimplification though and symptoms can be varied and mixed. As well as general anxiety people might experience depression, guilt,...
A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?
OpenLearn Ireland

A hug for the brain: what does it mean to have a happy, healthy brain?

...et al., 2018). At any given time, one in six working-age adults have symptoms associated with mental ill health (McManus et al., 2016). There are 72 million working days lost every year due to mental health, costing the UK economy £74–£99 billion (Centre for Mental Health, 2017; Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care , 2017)....
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...profile of the maturity for the pensioners or prospective pensioners in the scheme. And this is one area in which, for example, interest rate swaps are certainly being talked about as one mechanism in which you can help to smooth the difference the exposure between the assets and liabilities. Martin Upton: We know that with the introduction of international financial...
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...profile as well as the radial dependence of the orbital (in-disc plane) velocity, which turns out to differ from the pure Keplerian motion. The following two subsections therefore will look in turn at how these two properties may be quantified. [Described image] Figure 4 Schematic illustration of a protoplanetary disc...The formation of exoplanets: 1.3 Vertical...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...et al., 2003). [A photo showing the kind of habitat that is typical of mountain Fynbos in the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. There are a number of different species in the foreground and mountains in the background.] Figure 13 Mountain Fynbos of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. Many of the species typical of the Fynbos have seeds that are triggered to germinate by...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...style and academic level of the original materials, which are postgraduate level. At the end of the course, you will notice that there is a section called 'Where next?'. This is where you will find some information and online links to further study. It includes ideas about professional qualifying social work courses for those who may be considering taking their initial...