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Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a range of subjects including modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...motivated. They can be lots and lots of fun to be around and they’re very driven to engage with people socially but quite often underpinning their understanding of social dynamics is an absence of that comprehension of what’s actually going on. This particular young person has learning difficulties that are commensurate with his diagnosis so he has particular...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...motivations that you might use as part of an essay on this topic. Spend no more than an hour on this activity. Discussion Hadrian restored or rebuilt at least two Augustan monuments: the Temple of Mars Ultor (in Augustus’ Forum) and the Pantheon (in the Campus Martius). He also designed and built the Temple of Venus and Rome and a mausoleum for himself. As we have...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...et al. (1998, p. 2) state that: Systems engineering is the ‘key technology’ to manage complexity created by: increased complexity of products globalisation of the market-place the erosion of trade barriers reduction of product development cycles software as the dominant force for change in almost all new products worldwide deployment of new technology in ever shorter...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...updated and at the same time achieve substantial operational cost savings. […] [L]et me conclude by highlighting what I believe to be the digital newsgathering promise: More efficient newsgathering. More options for getting the story back. Faster post production. Greater editorial freedom. Broad multiskilling opportunities. Easier automation. Improved technical quality. Lower operating costs. I make no excuse for emphasising......
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...et al., 2017). Luckily, the spread of the malware was significantly slowed down by a security researcher, Marcus Hutchins, who accidentally discovered and activated the ‘kill switch’ of the malware the next day, on 13 May 2017. When inspecting the malware’s code, Hutchins noticed an unusually long internet domain name in the code. He checked and found out that the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...et al. (2009, p. 5), the modern corporation has all five of the following characteristics: separate legal personality limited liability of its shareholders centralised delegated management under a board structure transferable shares (in the case of listed companies: freely tradable shares) absentee investor ownership. You will look at these each in turn next...Companies...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...et al., 2016). This feeling of not having the power or means to leave a job can have profound effects on a person’s perception of their own employability and their ability to change their situation or to move on. Starting with your current situation, and improving your understanding of this and the wider industry and sector, can help you to break out of this cycle and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs