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Legal skills and debates in Scotland Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...concept of natural law, arguing for a rational man-made view of law. They asked the question: what is the use of law? And their answer was that its purpose was to work towards the greatest good for the greatest number of people and to minimise suffering. This became known as utilitarianism, but what does this theory mean in practice? The following activity provides you...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...concepts. For a learner of French, this might involve, for example: vocabulary grammar rules pronunciation rules historical, geographical and cultural facts. Knowledge is acquired by, for example, reading explanations and texts, listening to classes or lectures, or watching documentaries. As a beginners’ French learner, you might: read an explanation on the difference...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...concept is relatively new. So, what it means in the same way that you and I can read books and understand what these words mean, we get to the same degree of confidence with data. I think it's fair to say that a majority of people either don't think about data as being part of their job, or if they do, it's a kind of necessary evil or an inconvenience. It makes their life...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...concepts, they provide the foundation for grasping quantum computing. Essential concept to pay close attention to are quantum superposition and quantum entanglement, two of the most fascinating and fundamental phenomena in quantum mechanics. Finally, the course concludes with an overview of the technologies driving real-world quantum computing, exploring how researchers...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...concept of system and system environment is also used in several environmental management approaches...Environmental management and organisations: 10.2 Organisation networks - Various authors have attempted to make sense of organisational complexity. The British anthropologist Robin Dunbar proposed a limit to the number of people with whom an individual can maintain a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...concept of computer systems, to help you understand how these components actually work together...Session 2: The components of a computer: 5 Connecting the devices - So far, you have been introduced to the major components of a computer, namely a processor along with input and output devices, plus main and secondary memory. Now you will explore three of these components a...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...concept of asylum is… mind you, the concept of asylum is not an easy concept for anybody, so imagine if you are a child, and if your child is 12, how do you explain to children this is what it means, and some children, if they are as young as 12 and 13, they will get granted discretional leave until they are 17 and a half and, sometimes, they don’t understand why they...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...concepts of public and private and the proper relations between them; ideas of royal authority in the post-Napoleonic era of restoration of hereditary monarchies across Europe; the fashion for Oriental scholarship and the ‘Oriental tale’; and powerfully interconnected ideas of trade, empire and the East. By the end of the unit, therefore, you will, I hope, have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs