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Improve your efficiency and strengthen your employment skills in the petroleum industry by exploring the essentials of petroleum

The unique 90-day online course to dramatically reduce stress and anxiety, and master your emotions and mind to develop resilience and finally be back to the best version of yourself!

During this on-demand session tutor Dr Nikki Osborne discusses: * the 3V's (construct, internal and external validity), * what makes a good hypothesis, * the PREPARE guidelines, * what to think about before designing your experiments including systematic reviews, * sources of bias and how to minimise their impact on your research, * defining the experimental unit, * approaches to maximise the signal to noise ratio, plus calculating the correct sample size, * common sources of variation and how to take them into account in your experimental design, * ARRIVE 2.0 for reporting animal studies. * freely available tools and resources to support individuals to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills further.

During this on-demand session tutor Dr Nikki Osborne discusses: * what is welfare, the five freedoms & 'a life worth living' * why animal welfare is important - scientifically & ethically * how our understanding of a good life for laboratory animals is changing, * the laboratory animal's lifetime experience, * what refinement requires in practice & factors to consider, * sources of laboratory animals, plus husbandry & care, * the importance of good animal handling & knowing what is 'normal', * experimental procedures & assessing welfare, * humane endpoints & methods of killing * the refinement loop & marginal gains. * freely available tools and resources to support individuals to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills further.