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Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...course, Energy in buildings, include reducing heating demand in buildings, heating systems and fuel emissions, and reducing electricity use by appliances. The course looks at the importance of energy in buildings in the UK, investigate heat loss and how to prevent it, ways of increasing building efficiency, decreasing CO2 emissions of different fuels and the use of...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
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Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...course is also available in the following offline Word formats: Dutch French German Greek Italian Lithuanian Spanish The development of this course was funded by the ICAERUS project. The ICAERUS project was funded by the EU under the Horizon Europe scheme Grant Agreement 101060643 and UK under Innovate UK reference 10038181. [Funded by the European Union. Grant agreement...
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...course looks at how teams ‘travel’ together on a journey of development. Those journeys are hardly ever smooth. The course encourages you to recognise difference and challenge amongst individuals in the team who are pulling in different directions. It will help you identify where such challenges can be embraced for the benefit of your team and your organisation...This...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...course explores how fraud, insider dealing, bribery, money laundering, and other types of corporate wrongdoing occur. It also outlines what legal measures exist to prevent and respond to them. You’ll learn about different forms of financial and organisational crime, the warning signs to watch for, and the responsibilities companies have to prevent such
Careers education and guidance
Education & Development

Careers education and guidance

...course, Careers education and guidance (CEG), discusses what a school's personal development programme should provide, and how all teachers have a role in securing successful transitions for their students. PLEASE NOTE: This course is over 10 years old and due for academic review. You may find infomation that has become dated in its current contents, such as the mention...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...course explores what we mean by ‘extreme endurance performance’ and why increasing numbers of people are attracted to these events. What is it about extreme feats of physical activity that motivate people to participate in them, and where is the limit to what the human body is capable of achieving? This course examines the subject from psychological, physiological and...
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...course will show you the variety within Economics which is used to understand and tackle some of the biggest challenges we face globally: tensions between growth and inequalities, market power and innovation, whether economics has what it takes to solve environmental challenges...This course sets out to show you how economics is often a discipline with a multitude of...
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...course, it wasn’t called English then. There were a number of Germanic tribes: the Angles, Saxons, and the Jutes, who crossed the channel. It wasn’t called the English Channel until the 18th century. And fanned out across the island of Great Britain, which at the time was inhabited by Britons who spoke Celtic languages, the ancestors of Welsh, Scottish, Gaelic, and...