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Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...account for the change in structure that so many industries seem to undergo? Why do most of the many small firms so common in the early years of new industries disappear to leave an established industry dominated by a few large firms? Why does the heterogeneity or extreme variety of those small firms in new industries give way to a much greater degree of similarity,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...account. Thus, for example, in writing report about these matters, it would be good statistical practice to include the counts of cases and deaths somewhere, even if not in the same table as that including the rates. Do you agree that Table 2.7 conforms to all of the four guidelines given at the beginning of this section? After you have produced a table for yourself, it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...account for both criminalised and uncriminalised harms, including the harms inflicted by the criminal justice system and by international and globalised justice systems and practices as well. In particular, zemiology abandons the commitment to crime as the starting object of study. Instead, they focus on what is socially harmful regardless of whether it is criminal or...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour
History & The Arts

Travelling for culture: the Grand Tour

...accounts and illustrations. At the same time, the Grand Tour brought its tourists into contact with new and exciting ‘foreign’ places, people and objects. These cultural encounters with the unfamiliar – which could be both pleasurable and dangerous – had to be managed, and the art that might be produced in response to the Grand Tour – from paintings to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...account: sociological, cultural, historical, economic, political’ (Citron, 1990, p. 112). Thirdly, she highlights that when we are choosing works to include, ‘we have to confront the issue of what criteria we are imposing’ (Citron, 1990, p. 112)...Introducing music research: 2.3 New directions in feminist musicology - More recent feminist musicology aims at greater...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Developing resilience in sport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing resilience in sport

...accountable and more people in the team are accountable and responsible for the team’s performance or the team’s outcome. INTERVIEWER And it’s interesting hearing about the relationships and that sense of connectedness and how important it is, and stepping up amongst leaders and it’s fascinating to see. In terms of sports, is there, you know, developing team...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...account for things going wrong in terms of what the other person did, or in terms of other external factors. Such explanations are usually at least partly true. The snag is that they may obscure ways in which we might have handled the situation differently. Secondly, thinking about our own practice isn't something that most of us take seriously as a matter of course....
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...account so that their benefits and other payments can be paid into an account which is separate from the family bank account and can be accessed separately. It is worth thinking about getting independent financial advice too. You may want to use an independent financial advisor, and free advice is available from Citizen’s Advice Bureau and Welfare Rights. There are...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs