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Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...economic bias or the reflection of a situation that has since changed. Internal company or organisation reports These may be useful in a few situations but should be used sparingly, particularly if they are not readily available to the wider community of researchers. They will also not have been through a process of academic review. Such unpublished or semi-published...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...economic factors, with richer and/or more densely populated areas being better represented. Population density also reflects geography; deserts and high mountains are usually sparsely inhabited. Why is there a relative imbalance in coverage between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? The Southern Hemisphere is under-represented in terms of coverage, because compared...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...economic and political context helps shape how businesses respond to global challenges...Introduction to operations management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the input–process–output framework, the extensions of it, and apply them to a wide range of operations examine the types of transformation processes occurring...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 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