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Myths in law
Society, Politics & Law

Myths in law

...physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss which was directly caused by a criminal offence a close relative of someone whose death was caused by a criminal offence. Businesses and organisations may also be victims of crime. Some crimes may not have actual victims, but pose a risk to potential victims. Consider the following extract from a newspaper report. Nobody...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...physical examination. However, there are very many other reasons as well as HIV infection for an individual to have enlarged lymph nodes. (In countries like the UK, the overwhelming majority of enlarged lymph nodes are caused by infections that have nothing whatever to do with HIV or AIDS.) To investigate whether enlarged lymph nodes could play a role in testing for HIV...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...physical forces such as pressure, surface tension, resistance and compliance determine the amount of airflow through the respiratory and conduction zones of the respiratory system...Blood and the respiratory system: 1.1 Structure of the respiratory system - Pulmonary ventilation, the movement of air into and out of the lungs, involves the main structures of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...physically close the book, or turn a page over) – this helps to remove the temptation to ‘just check’ as you make your notes. Start by listing the essential ideas, using key words or short phrases. Using these key words/phrases, write some notes in full sentences that express your understanding of the original source. Keep in mind that you are focussing on the core...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis
Money & Business

Business communication: writing a SWOT analysis

...physical things, for example ‘bicycle’, ‘shop’, ‘director’. These are known as concrete nouns. Some nouns are not physical things that you can see or touch; they are more like ideas or processes, for example ‘capacity’, ‘production’ or ‘competition’. These are known as abstract nouns. Abstract nouns are very common in academic business language as...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...physical move takes place over the weekend, then the impact on the department will be reduced considerably. I suppose there’s always a problem with people taking holidays, of course, and I do think I’ve actually got someone on maternity leave then as well. MARCUS I think Estates have already got most of this all in hand. What they’ve asked us to look at primarily is...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...physically incapacitated and so cannot take their own lives. However, others believe that it is morally wrong in any circumstances to help someone to die and campaign against the right to die...Week 1: What is law?: 4 Law and justice - Interconnected with the ideas of law and morality is the notion of justice. Achieving justice is often regarded as the main aim or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...physics, completely accept that. RH: Well you say that, but there were some sceptics, you wouldn’t put yourself in this camp presumably, who have resisted each one of those facts along the way and slowly, slowly moved along? MR: There are certainly some sceptics who’ve resisted those facts all along, but I’m not convinced that there are some who started out...
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