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Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...central or local government), the rights of individuals could only be restricted or curtailed to the extent that legislation or the Crown's prerogative expressly permitted it. This was in contrast to a number of Commonwealth countries which obtained their independence: the relevant legislation embodied a constitution identifying specified human rights and freedoms which...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...central nucleus around which electrons move in electron shells (or orbitals). The energy state of electrons increases from the innermost to the outer shells. Fluorescent molecules, also called fluorophores, generally contain rings of carbon atoms (called aromatic rings). These molecules can absorb incoming energy (usually in the form of light). As a result of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...Système Internationale (SI) or International System, on which the metric system is based, and imperial. Both of these will be covered over the next two weeks, and this week will look in particular at measuring length. Watch the course author Maria Townsend introduce Week 1: Maria Townsend: This is my height measured in books, not a common unit of measurement but still an...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...central to technical analysis. A support line is a straight line that links the low points of the series of movements in the share price over a period of time. A resistance line is a straight line that links the high points of the share price movements. Here, the rule is that a downward breach of the support line presages a further downward movement in the share price. An...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...central control; congestion can occur and can be detected. If it does occur, there are prescribed ways in which the software in any data transmitter using TCP should behave. Broadly, each sender must reduce their demands in steps until the congestion disappears. Once congestion is cleared, they can then ramp up their demand. It is a way of regulating usage to prevent...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
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Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...Central Mission: founded in 1889 by the Methodist Church to help local people in poverty...Week 1: What is the voluntary sector?: 2.1 Timeline - There are many documented histories of the voluntary sector, with similarities and differences between the different fields of interest such as health, social policy, environment and education. In general, early initiatives came...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...central to public sector planning. Time to think and consult on strategy that will add value for your pupils, staff, and other stakeholders, is vital, in order to plan for the future. Mintzberg, one of the leading researchers in strategy, famously describes it as, ‘seeing ahead’, ‘seeing behind’, ‘seeing above’, ‘seeing below’, ‘seeing beside’,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...central to democracy, they are conditions for development, says secretary-general [Online]. New York, NY 10017, Press release SG/SM/6268, United Nations. Available at http://www.un.org/ press/ en/ 1997/ 19970623.sgsm6268.html (Accessed 6 October 2017). UNICEF (1989) ‘The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child’, London, UNICEF. Unterhalter, E. (2005)...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs