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Planetary Protection of Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Mars

...type of mission (whether it is a flyby, orbiter or lander) as part of the Policy on Planetary Protection, which also outlines the bioburden it can carry. Orbiting spacecraft, such as ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, are Category III (the lowest category of mission is Category I), requiring less than 5 x 105 bacteria spores be carried by the spacecraft. Although these types of...
What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...types of challenges are met by pilots because they need to remain physically fit, healthy, and injury-free. What makes travelling significant and novel for pilots, however, is the working long hours while travelling in a confined space at high altitude requiring them to monitor their nutrition, hydration, stress, and fitness levels; their main concern being maintaining a...
Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss

...types of death, the timeliness of death as well as by individual and familial experiences and the way a society expects people to grieve and respond to loss. Based on my own experience as a therapist, researcher and based on my own and others’ experience, responses to grief are many and include: Shock Numbness Hopelessness Heartbreak Guilt Sadness Exhaustion Loss of...
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...types of springs, and how each type relates to a different geological setting use hydrographs to distinguish overland flow and interflow from baseflow, and make inferences about the climate of an area expain how various changes in land use in a river catchment will change the hydrograph of a river distinguish the different types of reservoir construction, and decide...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...types of beer. A practical 'experiment' of a homebrew will run alongside this course. If you wish you can try your hand at brewing as you learn the science behind it all. You will learn about the distilling process and how this occurs at a large scale. You will explore the natural botanicals that are used to infuse flavour into spirits and the chemicals within these. The...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...types of telescopes and the advantages of an observatory location at a remote site such as Tenerife understand how the positions of celestial objects are specified and be able to use this knowledge to predict when a given object will be visible in order to plan observations and make and collect images from the COAST telescope in Tenerife understand the processes by which...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...types of passenger contact. Try our free course on structural integrity and investigate the I-35W bridge collapse Return to aeroplane Landing gear[Image of aeroplane landing gear on the runway]Aircraft landing gear is a critical sub-component and is designed to support the full weight of the airplane during ground operations and crucially during landing when kinetic...
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...type subjects. That course isn’t a course for having failed to do well in the science subjects, it’s a course for somebody who’s happened to have chosen inappropriate subjects at an early level. Then when you get into medical school, we’ll look at the academic aspect, the non-academic aspect as well as an interview programme. The academic side looks at GCSE...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr