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A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...account of the regions. What is a model? Well, it is a simplified picture of more complex developments, showing their most important features. For instance, in debates about the EU's ‘democratic deficit’, is the answer a reassertion of liberal democracy in nation states, a return to a ‘Europe of Nations’ in the revealing misnomer of traditionalists opposed to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...account for their diving abilities. Part of the secret is that aquatic mammals use their lungs more efficiently: they extract more oxygen from the air they take in, and change a higher proportion of the air within their lungs with every breath. For example, we take in about a litre of air with each breath, despite the fact that our lungs can hold over four litres; a fin...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...accountant in the world, because they can afford to pay whatever to have the best. And small African countries, we have very weak tax collection systems. We don’t have the smart or fantastic lawyers and forensic accountants who can really challenge. If anybody is any good, they will get a job with the companies anyway. They wouldn’t work for the civil service. And so...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...account the financial problems you will have as the cost escalates due to the specification changing. And the model does not take into account that you may have to change the specification, even quite late in the process. SAQ 8 Suppose you were designing a passenger jet aircraft. Go through the activities listed in BS 7000 and try to say what would be going on at each...
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...accounts just to get people out. Grown men saying like “Oh we want everyone around here at such a time.” As soon as it happens, everyone just goes out [on the streets]’. ‘the kids are hearing stuff that’s 99% through social media, which isn’t always accurate. And they are led to believe different stories, which doesn’t really represent what this community is...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...account for changes in knowledge and practice. You can look around your home to try to find evidence of this – you should find the phrase 'Conforms to BS xxxx ' (the BS standing for 'British Standard', and the xxxx being a number) or similar. Electrical goods, or their packaging or instruction manuals, would be a good place to search. For example, I found in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...account of 300–500 words about what you have learned about asthma from this article. What did you learn? How might this knowledge help you in the future? Discussion Some of the risk factors include respiratory tract infections, exposure to tobacco smoke, allergies, change of seasons, age, gender, pollution. Moderate asthma: oxygen saturations of more than 92%, peak flow...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...accounts is that they are ‘linear’. In other words, the sentences follow one after another, in a given order. This is fine for accounts of events that do happen in sequence, but not where things are intimately connected and do not come in a particular order, or form various circles of activity that reinforce particular behaviour. The type of diagram shown in Figure 3...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs