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Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...law (the relationship between distance and recession speed: redshift). Figure 18 Galaxy data taken from several astronomical surveys: (a) the distribution of each sample of galaxies on the sky; (b) the distribution of their distances. Examine the two graphs, and answer the following questions to compare what we can learn from different types of galaxy survey. a. The SDSS...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...law and everyone who uses this title has to be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council. However, the title ‘nurse’ is not protected so anyone can use it. In Section 5 of this course, you will be looking at the role of regulation and the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Other than a hospital, where else do nurses work? Answer Nurses work in a diverse range of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...law of diminishing marginal utility. It applies to most goods and services consumed; and it even applies to the income used to buy goods and services, as illustrated in Figure 7. [A graph relating utility (on the vertical axis) to income (on the horizontal axis). There are two functions plotted: marginal utility and total utility. Marginal utility is a negatively sloped...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...law’s house on Angus’s terms because Ann is committed to caring for him. Does he feel that if he isn’t allowed to be ‘the man’ in his own home, why take responsibility for Zoe’s discipline? Ann The arguing gets to her – she turns on Zoe – then on Bob – then starts vacuum cleaning in frustration – annoyed with them all for not getting on together. Does...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...laws and the observations and so on. So they talk about all of that uncertainty and how you can’t be sure, which is fine – the devil’s in the details. RH: And it’s true, isn’t it, as well? TE: Of course there’s uncertainty, there’s always going to be uncertainty about future predictions. But at the same time they say but they’re very confident that the...
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Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...laws of thermodynamics because the whole of the world runs on them but particularly because of the throughput of energy materials that powers the creation of value; that is what economies do. So I suppose I first got interested in this as a way of thinking about environmental economics in the mid-1980s, the late 1980s, when I was writing that book. And much later the...
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EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...law researcher – do you think this affects their processes? Similarities Thomas and Charlotte both: look at where the article has come from – a reputable source or one where work is reviewed by experts consider the writer’s qualifications to be an expert on a subject review whether other experts or sources agree with the writer check that the arguments or...
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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...laws’. It is now commonplace to ‘reduce’ migration to an essentially mechanical process of ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors. The topic becomes disconnected from experience. In the text that follows, we explore an approach to using a song as a resource for thinking geographically (not merely mechanically) about migration. There are many ways in which music can be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs