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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...et al. (2003) candidly admit, that the discipline, if it exists, has an identity crisis. Maybe it is time to identify – for school geography, a subset of the wider discipline – a small number of defining concepts. This is a worthy goal for subject associations such as the Geographical Association (GA) to work for because, without such a list (which has to be short to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...et al, 1989). The underlying principle here being that if, for example, something is taken out of the earth, something else renewable must be substituted as compensation. The extreme of this idea would be not to take anything out of the earth at all, but that would perhaps be a little unrealistic. If there is no decline in natural capital, then the sustainability is seen...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...et al., 2015, p.5) The full College of Policing report outlines in detail the process taken and the conclusions reached. One useful approach for evaluating interventions such as this has been called EMMIE and this is summarised in the table below: Table 1 The EMMIE Model ​Effect ​Impact on crime Whether the evidence suggests the intervention led to an increase,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...et al. (eds)...Managing coastal environments: Acknowledgements - Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Course image: Michael D Beckwith in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. The material...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...temp. (°C/°F) Max. temp. (°C/°F) WEATHER Min. temp. (°C/°F) Max. temp. (°C/°F) South and southwest [A sun icon.] 22/72 27/81 [A sun-and-showers icon.] 16/61 21/70 Midlands [A sun icon.] 22/72 28/82 [A sun icon.] 24/75 31/88 Scotland [A sun icon.] 20/68 24/75 [A lightning icon.] 19/66 21/70 Wales [A rain icon.] 15/59 19/66 [A lightning icon.] 17/63 21/70 Northern...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...Modes in Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts, Modern Language Association vol. 105, No. 2 (March 1990) pp. 273-285. http://www.jstor.org/ stable/ 462362 This is a useful essay if you are interested in developing ideas about comedy as introduced in this material. Joplin, P. K. ‘The Authority of Illusion: Feminism and Fascism in Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts’ in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...modes of locomotion, including climbing and leaping. The five toes and finger on each limb are relatively long and flexible, and are tipped with blunt, flat 'fingernails' in place of claws. Primates grip branches and grasp food between the fingers and toes rather than use claws for climbing and manipulating things. (Open University course, U205) Discussion The central...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...mode of coping’. A good home carer will always respect the wishes of the client and show them that their right to privacy is valued. A person’s home is rightly regarded as the last bastion of privacy and safety. It is all too easy to feel that any remaining control over one’s own life is being taken away, if home care is not dealt with sensitively. Therefore, as...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs