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Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...write software that starts up quickly, backs off more slowly or, perhaps, not at all and, once the congestion is clear, ramp up their demand more rapidly than the standard requires, in order to grab a greater share of the communication resources than others. The fair allocation of resources, therefore, depends on adherence to a standard and on self-restraint. In other...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...write, I'm reminded of the ongoing attempt by a group of stalwarts to reconfigure the standard keyboard, originally designed to prevent the letter levers clashing on a manual typewriter, into something more user-friendly for today's computer user. The biggest examples of challenges requiring routine solutions are, literally, physically big. Things that need configuring...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...WRITES ‘RSA’ LOGO] KEN ROBINSON: Every country on Earth at the moment is reforming public education. There are two reasons for it. The first of them is economic. People are trying to work out how do we educate our children to take their place in the economies of the twenty-first century. How do we do that given that we can’t anticipate what the economy will look...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...writing letters to an MP and other forms of lobbying intended to influence government decision-making. Passive direct action. For example: amplifying activists’ social media posts by ‘liking’ or commenting on them. Disruptive direct action. For example: taking part in protests and conducting social media-based activism. [Described image] Figure 4 Voting is one way...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Particle physics
Science, Maths & Technology

Particle physics

...write balanced strong interactions, understanding the role of gluons write balanced weak interactions, understanding the role of W and Z bosons...Particle physics: 1 Particle physics in context - Although particle physics is often thought of as a ‘new’ concept, it has in fact been around for much, much longer. Like many of the great fundamental theories, the concept...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...write other notes. It’s up to you how you keep your notes; for example, online or using a notebook of some sort. Every week ends with an interactive quizzes, of which Weeks 4 and 8 will provide you with an opportunity to earn a badge to demonstrate your new skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...write. It was the foundation for a new society. It was the means by which he could create the citizens of tomorrow. David McLaren Citizenship became I suppose, was always a huge issue for Owen. The whole purpose of education were the keys of the kingdom for the new moral world. And therefore, to be a to be a citizen in the new moral world was, the ultimate aim. Here it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...writing about the sector. There is a good reason for this, as it is often people with great belief, talent and drive who establish successful voluntary organisations in the first place. Another reason why people are bewitched by leaders is that the alternative is a much more complex consideration of an organisation as a whole, a complex grid of interdependencies and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs