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Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...central computer has to be designed so that a failure in the hardware will not cause the system to cease to operate; and so on. These elements are painstakingly listed, and each will have a point value attached to it so that the total number of points for the elements listed under one feature will be 1.00. Each feature will be assigned a weight factor which indicates its...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...central aisle separates the two areas of seating, which are wide green benches. These two seating banks face each other across the aisle.] Figure 7 Comparing Parliaments: Welsh (top image) and UK (bottom image) Discussion A great deal was made of how transparent the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly buildings would be. Showcasing the building on their website,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...centrally in Figure 3. Similarly, once the methodology is considered, research questions may be refined further in light of thinking about how to answer them. This reflects the iterative nature of the research process. In literature, the research process is typically represented more sequentially to show the logic underneath the process engaged in. It is worth remembering...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...central to his poetic universe as the hills of Cumbria to Wordsworth's. His father and mother combined work on a small croft with a tailoring business. The latter was severely hit by the great depression of the 1930s, and the family's relative poverty had a powerful effect on MacLean's early life. He studied English literature, not Celtic, at Edinburgh University because...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...central provinces of India. Interesting index of the reach of these ideas. Rudyard Kipling wrote a sequel to The Jungle Book, in which he describes what happens to Mowgli after he grows up. He joins the Indian Forest Service and fights against poaching, and you guessed it, fires. Only much later would the paradoxes become palpable. That in many cases, setting aside land...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...central part of design. In this section you will look at these variations and complexities in greater detail, but this section starts by considering one obvious variation – the physical sizes of people. You will use this variation to explore how design can blend a variety of analytical and creative approaches to respond to design drivers...An introduction to design...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...central, Êtude VIII/474, October 11, 1542. Translated by Carol Loats.) Catherine Denis, daughter of the late Jehan Denis, who while living was a carpenter, living in Troussurt near Beauvais, the said Catherine aged more than 18 years, as she says, affirms that for her own benefit she places herself in service and employment. [She places herself] from today for the next...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...Central/South America. Superficially, it has some of the characteristics of primates - features that I'll say much more about in Section 3. For example, it has forward-facing eyes. As the photograph on p. 176 reveals, it also has a strong, monkey-like prehensile tail and clinging, clawed feet. These features allow it to hang down from branches, using dextrous forelimbs to...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs