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Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...laws to control discharges to the river. London's sewage was piped downstream of the city where it was discharged, still untreated. This produced some improvement, and by the end of the 19th century the river quality began to improve (Figure 12). A good quality river will have an oxygen level close to 100% saturation—but if a river is polluted, oxygen in the water will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...Laws), South Africa (e.g. Group areas act) and Empire (e.g. the slave trade) live on in the memory and understandings of many and are still exerting an influence in less formalised ways. In many countries it would still be necessary to fight for an openly gay person to attend school and their lives would be put at risk if they did so; and issues around how individuals...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
Money & Business

Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis

...laws. These are out of the control of the business and the business needs to respond to them. Once the SWOT table has been completed, the information in it can then be used to write a case study analysis and make recommendations. Using a framework to analyse a case study enables you to: select what is relevant from information which might otherwise appear very complex...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...law, give that to you within two months of starting work. That said, not all employers comply with the law. BOBBY SEAGULL What about the pay? Is it the case that some youngsters get exploited in their first employment? JONQUIL LOWE Well, from age 16, there's a national minimum wage, so that puts a floor on the amount that young people can be paid, but earlier than that,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...laws appear which were not apparent, and could not even in theory have been deduced by the behaviour of the constituents of the system, before they were organised. This idea of new levels, new laws breaking in at new levels have, of course, always been very repugnant to a reductionist science. Fact is I think that it's now quite unavoidable and a very good thing too. Even...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
An introduction to school librarianship Badge icon
Education & Development

An introduction to school librarianship

...law. For the day-to-day running of your library, you also need to be familiar with the school's policies on the use of mobile phones and computers. It's always nicer if we can make the rules so well understood without repeating them that we spend our time emphasising what we can do, and not what we can't. It may sound like there's a lot of dry reading to do, but in truth,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...Law of conservation of mass which is the cornerstone of any chemical reaction. The mass of reactant(s) you start with must equal the mass of product(s) you end up with...Session 5: Chemical reactions: 1.1 Chemical reactions – a first-hand experience - This is an account from around 150 years ago when American chemist Ira Remsen discovered, in no uncertain terms, what...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...law - [An artistic concept of a processor.] Computers today are smaller, faster and cheaper than they have ever been. This statement could have been made at pretty much any time over the last 30 years and it would have been true; it’s doubtful that any other product has maintained such rapid development over such a long period of time. But just how fast has computer...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs