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Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...simple, small undivided stomach, but this time an even larger caecum and colon where the microbes are housed and where fermentation takes place, as you can see in Figure 3. One disadvantage of this method is that by the time the food reaches the caecum and colon, it has passed the main absorptive region of the gut (the small intestine) and so less absorption of the...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...simple heuristics to more complex cognitive strategies in response to the importance of the situation and desired outcomes (Fiske and Taylor, 1991). What both the economic and psychological perspectives have in common is the notion of people as limited-capacity information processors and the concept of ‘bounded rationality’ (Simon, 1957): that is, there are limits to...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...simple model, developed by Tidd and Bessant (2018), of the innovation process as a series of phased activities, progressing from searching, selecting and implementing ideas in a context to capturing value for the innovating organisation. [Described image] Figure 5: The Search, Select, Implement, Capture (SSIC) model of the innovation process (Tidd and Bessant, 2018) To...
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...simple input process output framework. This model has been extended by Nigel Slack and his team in his operations management text. The basic structure of the framework is the same. Operations managers are responsible for resources. Both the transformed resources, including the material, information, and customers. And they also manage the transforming resources, such as...
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...simple tool to use when embarking on the early stages of planning a marketing strategy, and we will work primarily with the four Ps. These four tools (product, price, place and promotion) are interdependent and the trick is to find the right ‘mix’ to satisfy customers...Rural entrepreneurship in Wales: 3.4.1 Product (or service) - The product or service relates to...
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...simple claim: Empiricism (roughly characterised): opinions are reasonable if, and only if, they are supported by evidence that is ultimately grounded in experience. ‘Experience’, here, can mean everyday observation using one or more of the five senses, but it is also meant to include rigorous scientific experimentation. Respect for this principle is what supposedly...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...Code requires directors of listed organisations to design and implement a sound internal control and risk management system (FRC, 2024). The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (2022) highlighted that almost half of the fraud cases covered by its global fraud study could be attributed to either a lack of internal controls (29%) or the overriding of existing controls...
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...simple language to create authentic yet lively dialogue. It helps to use a non-chronological or nonlinear approach like this in your critical reading of performance and script – for example, picking out how individual scenes start, how they end, how dialogue works in social settings, how monologues operate. Reading specific sections in isolation reminds you that a...