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Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...economics and politics of contemporary development. What are the similarities and differences between the mineralogical compositions of the basalt, S3, and the meteorite, EETA 79001? Discussion It isn't easy, is it? Take, for example, question 3: is it just ‘about’ Victorian culture? What would your tutor say if you wrote all you know about Victorian culture? He or...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...economic and social circumstances; data and techniques both have to be used with common sense. Instead, the aim of this text is more modest: to explore small batches of data relevant to the question (and relating to some individuals and groups in society), using basic analytical and graphical techniques. The sections in this course cover the following: Section 1 looks at...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...economic, the political, the professional and the ethical. You will now move on to consider the notion of leadership as embodied in a leader in the case of Kids Company, a charity operating in England during the 1990s until its closure in 2015...Week 2: Leadership as person: traits leadership: 2 Camila Batmanghelidjh and Kids Company - Camila Batmanghelidjh is a driven...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...economic development, roads, planning and many other public services that matter to people’s everyday lives. I am accountable to the House, but our procedures here are too often seen as remote from the day-to-day realities of devolved administration. (Davies, 1997) This was the road to devolution, which was slowly being carved out for Wales. In the next sections you...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...economic and cultural patterns? Both perspectives, using the digital to study the documentary record of the Humanities (books, archives, artworks, etc.) and using Humanities perspectives (history, literature, art history, etc.) to study new digital documents, are legitimate. This course will both familiarise you with Humanities research in the digital age and help you ask...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...economic interest as petroleum reservoirs. Based on the present-day analogies, a number of stages in the formation, development and eventual closure of ocean basins can be identified (Figure 6). [Figure 6] Figure 6 Schematic cross-section of the sequence of events leading to the formation, development and closure of an ocean basin. (a) Crustal thinning. At first, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) seminar ‘Parents and Schools’, Bath Spa University, 18 October. Rodd, J. (2006) Leadership in Early Childhood (2nd edn), Maidenhead: Open University Press. Rost, J.C. (1991) Leadership for the Twenty-first Century, New York, NY: Praerger. Sharpe, R. and Green, A. (1975) Education and Social Control: A Study in Progressive...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Biofuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Biofuels

...economically optimum size; the time this takes varies depending on the tree species. The trees are then either harvested or coppiced. Harvesting involves completely cutting down the trees, possibly removing the roots, and then replanting with saplings. In coppicing, the young stems are cut back to encourage a number of new stems to grow from the 'coppice stool'. This can...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs