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Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...accounts, and hospital medical records. Graphics and image editing software allows you to create and edit drawings and images. Digital photography has become very popular and image-editing software allows you to crop and resize your photos, touch-up blemishes and then print the results. Education and training software is intended to help children and adults learn. There...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...accountable. The benefits to me are potential career development and the satisfaction of doing interesting and rewarding work. What are the influences you can think of, internal and external, that affect the exchange? Internal influences include our immediate priorities and preferences as individuals. My priorities include developing my reputation outside the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...account for all these factors. And what we think is that the kind of model that people like Nick Lewis use is actually systematically biased low, so it really just gives us the lower limit of how sensitive the earth’s climate is, and when you look at other evidence, not just from climate models but actually if you look into the distant past, if you look at the...
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EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...account, or pay a subscription to make full use of sites like this, which might not be practical for you. If you find the researcher on the database but the paper you want isn’t there, use the database’s facilities to contact the researcher. Again, tell them why you want to read the article. Collections Universities and research institutions are increasingly bringing...
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Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mindfulness in mental health and prison settings

...accounts of people’s first attempts at mindful meditation include words like ‘boredom’, ‘pain’, ‘frustration’ and ‘anger’ more often than they do words like ‘calm’, ‘peace’ and ‘wisdom’, which we often associate with such practices. Quietly attending to ourselves doesn’t always bring peace. It often brings us face to face with things that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...account for the fact of the change that saw these landscapes become considered as things of beauty, we can unpick a few historical trends. The military conquest of the Highlands meant it was much safer to travel in. The emergence of geology as a science saw an increased interest in wild places. As we conquered and subdued 'wild' nature, making it into agricultural...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...account of how logarithms themselves were calculated (Mirifici logarithmorum canonis constructio, 1619). The titles of his works form a revealing contrast. [Figure 1] Figure 1 [Figure 2] Figure 2 Question 1 Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Compare the titles of Napier’s theological and mathematical writings. Do you notice any difference that may give a clue as to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...account for Amy feeling a lack of power within the relationship. At university, Amy’s knowledge of the subject began to develop, although asking for explanations from her coach at the time led to an ineffective relationship. This may be because the coach didn’t like their power being challenged or questioned. Amy interviewed coaches to find one that she felt would...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs