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Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...data and analysis? boundary setting – who decides the boundary of the organisation and the analysis, particularly relating to environmental impacts, scale and time issues? Now let us look at compulsory approaches to environmental management...Environmental management and organisations: 15.2 Compulsory approaches - As noted with earlier reference to the roots of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...data described in Silva and Cornell, 1992) Figure 1: The optical spectrum of a star - in this case of spectral type F5 - shown as the spectral flux density, Fλ plotted against wavelength What can be learned about a star from its absorption lines? The strengths and widths of the absorption lines contain information about the star's chemical composition, surface...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...data are often presented in the form of a table, with the data arranged in columns and rows. Table 1 below is a very simple example. You will study a more complex one later in the course. Table 1 Number of species of mammals (figures from Burgin et al., 2018) Total 6495 Recently extinct 96 Living 6399 Living wild 6382 Mammals have been around for a long time. Fossils of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...data (including in-year progress tracking data) so we can properly hold school leaders to account? Do governors regularly visit the school to get to know it and monitor the implementation of the school strategy? How well does our policy review schedule work and how do we ensure compliance? Do we know how effective performance management of all staff is within the school?...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...analysis of the making of labour demands in Glasgow during the early twentieth century. The paper asserts how revisiting histories such as Red Clydeside reveals complexities within labour movements and links to more recent debates within labour geography. Archival research provides a relational account of the place-based politics of Glasgow that emerged during the forty...
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Article 30 mins
What is a metal?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a metal?

...data for a range of metals. It also includes the non-metallic element sulfur for comparison. Table 1 Typical data for some common metallic elements and the non-metal, sulfur, at 25 °C. Element Proportion in Earth’s continental crust by mass/% Melting temperature /°C Density/ 103 kg m–3 Heat conduction (1, best; 10, worst) Electric conduction (1, best; 10, worst)...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...data hub, which draws together city datasets relevant to city functions to develop smart innovative solutions across transport, energy, water, enterprise, citizen engagement and education. [Described image] Figure 4: A Virtual Reality view of Milton Keynes, north-east from the railway station towards the city centre, which has been identified for urban transformation...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation is an example. As viewers well know, various comic moments are created by Data's superior intelligence and rationality but absence of emotions. Moreover, it is often said that even the most complex machine is in principle incapable of imagination and creativity: a computer, for example, could never invent...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs