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Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...type and distribution of organisms that occur in fire prone ecosystems. It also looks at some of the adaptations of plants that have evolved in these ecosystems and how animals either avoid or exploit the consequences of fire as a natural disturbance. Finally it examines how fire can increase biodiversity by generating a mosaic of habitats within an ecosystem and briefly...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...typed for me? We need to get them off today. We need to get these out… Dr Digby Anderson The McEwan family run a small building firm in Liverpool. The father, Charles expresses the concerns of many who like him are angry at those who just take from the system. Mr McEwan The people who’ve no intentions of working, I’ve no time for them at all. I don’t think they...
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...de Dougga, Tunis, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles, Institut National d'Archeologie et d'Arts) (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Please click to view Plate 1b: Plan of Thugga continued. (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Exploring Thugga (part 1, 8 minutes) PHIL PERKINS: This is the city of Thugga, in the ancient kingdom and Roman Province of Numidia. It lies on the slopes of the valley of the Oued...
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...types of knowledge. From a philosophical perspective, knowledge is typically divided into three categories: personal knowledge procedural knowledge propositional (declarative) knowledge. Personal knowledge Personal knowledge can be thought of as ‘knowledge by acquaintance’ – the kind of knowledge someone claims to have when they say things like ‘I know...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...types of empirical research analyse data collected present evidence effectively in a written report...Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work: 1 What is policy research? - Policy research involves researching an area of law and analysing the data in order to provide law or policymakers with evidenced-based recommendations for law reform or changes to...
Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction

...phrase, today, about how they are absolutely matching the Attenboroughs of this world for innovation and creativity in terms of how they’ll tell the stories. What is special about the project? What we think is unique about this body of interviews is that we’ve got both natural history and environmental programme making, but also we’ve got every part of the media...
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...types of stakeholders and apply techniques to elicit the main interactions of stakeholders with systems analyse issues of power and conflict between stakeholder groups in IT systems...Successful IT systems: 1 Success and failure in IT systems - What makes an IT system a success and what makes it a failure? We have deliberately referred to ‘IT systems’ here rather than...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...types (i.e. amount of Type 1, IIa and IIx fibres) can dictate speed performance (Jeffreys, 2013). Those with a relatively higher proportion of fast-twitch fibres (Type IIa and Type IIx) have a greater capacity to produce force and develop speed. While there is a major genetic component underlying whatever proportion of fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibres particular...