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The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...simple everyday English. [Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007] Figure 17 Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 Before moving on to the next week watch this clip which explores the work of the Scottish Parliament in 2014: (Contains information licenced under the Open Scottish Parliament Licence V.2) You can find out more about the work of the Scottish...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...simple deductions about antibiotic use and resistance patterns discuss the consequences of a future without antibiotics. Although this is an introductory course to antibiotic resistance, it assumes that you have a basic understanding of DNA and proteins. If you are unfamiliar with these concepts, you may want to try our free OpenLearn course What do genes do? or listen to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...simple dug out area on the stadion surface in most cases). Pentathlon competitors required a broad range of skills in order to suceed in all five events, as well as a combination of physical prowess and psychological strength and endurance, which appealed particularly to the Ancient Greek principle of kalokagathia. Jump The jump event (halma), was similar to our modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Sound for music technology: An introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Sound for music technology: An introduction

...simple explanation of sound in terms of a travelling pressure wave explain ‘cycle’ in terms of an oscillating source and the pressure wave it produces relate amplitude (including peak-to-peak and r.m.s.), frequency, period and wavelength to a sinusoidal waveform calculate the wavelength of a pressure wave from a graph of pressure against distance...Sound for music...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...simple mementos, family photographs can offer insights into the past. This free course, Picturing the family, looks at some of the ways photographs can reveal, and sometimes conceal, important information about the past. It teaches the skills and provides some of the knowledge needed to interpret such pictorial sources...Besides being simple mementos, family photographs...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...simple as altering a line of code, so coding engineers need to be focused on inclusivity too. Another way to monitor the software is to periodically use it to score a candidate and then carefully analyse the score for any signs of bias. Using apprenticeships to target diverse talent Apprentices can be employed at different levels, from school leavers and university...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...simple level, society can be seen to be made up of three main sectors: public, private and voluntary. While this breakdown might seem simplistic, it can help provide an initial starting point when thinking about the role that each plays. The term ‘public sector’ typically refers to organisations linked to the government and state that provide many of the core public...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding mortgages
Money & Business

Understanding mortgages

...simple! [Described image] Figure 3 With a repayment mortgage, the capital or principal sum (the original amount of debt) is paid off in stages throughout the life of the loan. Look at the Table 1 below to see the pattern of payments on a repayment mortgage. The typical structure is a reducing balance loan with a set amount paid each month throughout the mortgage term...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs