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Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...analysis of the social, cultural, historical and political influences from the wider context which impact on both learners’ participation and teachers’ practices (Tikly and Barrett, 2011). Thus learner failure and inequality are seen as primarily a result of specific practices within the institution or classroom...Exploring equality and equity in education: 5...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...analysis of their viral genome indicates that all strains of influenza A originated from aquatic birds. By contrast, types B and C are mostly confined to humans. At any one time, a number of different strains of virus may be circulating in the human population. Box 1 Families, groups and strains of virus Viruses were originally classified into different groups according...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...data. As I do this, it makes me think about what the questions are really asking and what conclusions I can draw from them. It also tells me what sort of analysis I can do. I do this because in my early years as a researcher I found that I got people to complete my surveys and then found errors and problems that defied analysis.’ Unstructured interviews At the opposite...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...analysis. As a first question, what do you think might be included in the term visual art? For the art historian, visual art is a broad category of study, including traditional fine arts, such as drawing, painting and sculpture, together with communication and design arts (for example, film, television, graphics and product design), architecture and environmental arts...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...data, so an enormous amount of analysis needs to be done. We've made a start. Those have shown some really interesting things. For instance some of the geese's heart rate actually dropped to about 40 beats per minute overnight. That's really, really low; you wouldn't even expect to see that in a human. But the really astounding thing we saw was a 25 hour long flight where...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...Analysis, application of general principles, problem solving and so on are all capabilities required for learning effectively both in higher education and in the workplace. It is these various abilities to learn which are now seen as priority outcomes for graduates. Ability to pass examinations does not guarantee that a graduate has a critical grasp of knowledge or can...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...analysis, whether or not it happens to be against the law (Hillyard and Tombs, 2007). A transnational or global focus can be found in some criminology, but the social harm approach lends itself particularly well to the study of harmful actions, policies and events which are not confined within individual countries. For example, harms done to the environment often cross...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...data the production of useful information from that data and its presentation to stakeholders of a business such as owners, lenders and the tax office. In today’s electronically enabled business world most organisations produce their financial accounts using a computer program known as an accounting package. Such accounting software produces, at the click of a button,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs