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Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...physical surroundings or conditions in which a person or other organism lives, develops, etc., or in which a thing exists; the external conditions in general affecting the life, existence, or properties of an organism or object. OED (2013) ‘Environment’ is also often used specifically to mean: The natural world or physical surroundings in general, either as a whole or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...physically active and play sport (Sport England, 2019a; 2020). Women also occupy much less of the sporting workforce in roles such as coaching (UK Coaching, 2018), managing, performance and development directors, and other senior leadership positions (Women in Sport, 2017). Closing the gender gap in sport has been a growing priority for those in government and in national...
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Article 15 mins
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...physical force protests of the WSPU in more detail, but first let us get a sense of the range of public support for votes for women by considering a single mass demonstration, the Women’s Coronation Procession...The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK: 4.1 The Women’s Coronation Procession - The Women’s Coronation Procession took place on Saturday 17...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...physically connected in some way. The components are put together to perform a certain function, in this case to supply water to a building. Systems do not always involve physical things; the components may be activities or even ideas. Putting on a concert, for example, involves activities such as hiring a hall, holding rehearsals and selling tickets. These activities can...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...physical reactions which are key to understanding our experiences, as you will explore in the next section...Session 1: What do we mean by inquiry?: 4.3 Appreciative embodied practices - Focusing on the best of what is currently being experienced, searching out those practices that are exciting and energising, isn’t only a cognitive process. Instead, it is a process of...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...physics of electricity and magnetism. The physics of electromagnetism describes how electromagnetic radiation transports energy. It can also account for how electromagnetic radiation crosses the empty space from the Sun and stars to the Earth and beyond. On encountering matter, radiation is transmitted, absorbed and scattered to varying degrees, depending on the chemical...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
How to compare income across countries
Science, Maths & Technology

How to compare income across countries

...physical quantity (a kilogramme, or kilometre per hour), we are simply scaling in ratio terms. For example, in the case of 15%, this means counting 15 for every 100 of the original, that is, 15 per 100, or 15 per cent. Thinking of percentages in these terms makes it clear that percentages must always be thought of in terms of a percentage of what. 10% in and of itself...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...physical conditions (sometimes known as co-morbidity). Epilepsy is fairly common, especially in those with ‘classic’ autism. Depression is also very common, as is dyslexia, although it is not clear if the incidence of these is greater than in the non-autistic population. Activity 4 Why is autism a spectrum? Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Now that you have been...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs