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Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...2 and 3 explore topics that emerge from the reading and viewing you've done already on the less 'conventional' mammals - the monotremes and the marsupials. Many of the facts and ideas in these early sections should therefore be familiar, though you'll also encounter new technical terms, especially in Section 3. One new issue that will come up a good deal is how we should...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...2 shows several such quartz crystals that have grown into a cavity. Figure 2 Well-formed quartz crystals. The largest crystal is 6 cm long. Crystals may be objects of great beauty, in part because of their almost perfectly flat crystal faces and geometric shapes. This regular external appearance is caused by a highly ordered internal arrangement of atoms known as the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...2 Benefits of digital simulation - Digital simulation in healthcare offers numerous benefits that enhance both the healthcare professionals training and patient care. [Photograph of healthcare practice education students engaging in/with forms of digital simulation.] Take a look at the healthcare reader for an overview of simulation in healthcare. Here are some key...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...2, where the physics of reactors is covered in more detail. Thermal reactors benefit from the enhanced chance of nuclear fission when thermal neutrons come close to and interact with a U-235 or Pu-239 nucleus. The slowing of the fast neutrons is not essential, however, for a controllable nuclear reactor, and such thinking lies at the heart of a different class of...
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Article 10 mins
‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...2, the three most militant actions taken in opposition to factory closure in Scotland were conducted by women workforces. Faced with shutdown due to the decisions by their multinational employers, the workers at Lee Jeans (Greenock), Lovable Bra (Cumbernauld), and Plessey Capacitors (Bathgate) refused to accept that they were redundant. [With victory secured, Lee Jeans...
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Article 10 mins
Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...2: Preventable deaths of children under five years of age COVID-19 has disrupted several child health services. Declines in institutional deliveries in low- and middle-income countries, mean that children are less likely to be formally assessed by health professionals following their birth, which will result in an increased risk to mortality (death) and morbidity...
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Article 15 mins
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...2), pp. 207–32. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327930pje751&2_12 Lubienski, C. (2003) ‘A critical view of home education’, Evaluation & Research in Education, 17(2–3), pp. 167–78. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2000.968194 Maxwell, N., Doughty, J., Slater, T., Forrester, D. and Rhodes, K. (2020) ‘Home education for children with...
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Article 5 mins
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...2 study in Biology...Obesity: balanced diets and treatment: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: list the six key nutrient groups and explain their role in a healthy diet understand and calculate body mass index (BMI), and use such calculations to predict desirable weight ranges for individuals explain the importance of a balanced diet in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs