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IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...style he uses because this is essentially a script for a talk to a colloquium. Notice also the other issue that I raised earlier, that Taylor is assuming that his listeners are familiar with terms such as ITN, ENG and video servers. I shall explain terms like these as we go through the paper. I have highlighted in bold terms which I explain or discuss further in following...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...et al., 2011, p. 809). As you read note down answers to the following questions. What do the authors suggest are the core characteristics of relationship-based practice? How do they explain the ‘use of self’ in social work? What do they suggest is one of the biggest challenges you will encounter in professional relationship-based social work practice? Discussion...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...style mounted on its top. This machine offered to play chess against all comers, generally defeating them (its victims included Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin). As The Turk appeared to ponder, and then make, its move there would be an impressive mechanical clanking and a display of moving cogs. These, needless to say, had nothing to do with the machine's play:...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...profile. We get a television broadcast and a lot more coverage because we’ve got 200 candidates standing across the country. And that benefits our profile and our profile in the local elections which are happening at the same time. NARRATOR: After all the weeks of candidates trying to gain support, the day of the election arrives. This is the day the country is allowed...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...et al. (2016) argue that the very identity of group leadership and that of the leader is open and fluid according to the debates and collective learning of groups and that such processes are even more expansive and open to possibility within a cross-organisational context, which necessarily draws on a broader range of perspectives. Another example will help you understand...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...styles can have an effect on your own shopping. But there are also other influences on how you spend your money – ‘short-cuts’ in your thinking, and assumptions in the way you make shopping decisions. These are used by marketing experts all the time, and they’re called ‘heuristics’. We all use heuristics – ‘shopping beliefs’ – to assess situations...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...et al., 1998, pp. 96–7), does this mean that a photograph can somehow offer a deeper truth about society and history? And is it a different sort of truth from that disclosed by other social science data? Activity 1 Now look closely again at Nick Ut's photograph and try to jot down what information you think it provides about the time, place, events, and people it...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...profile individuals in well publicised cases who are seeking political asylum in the UK. The library has decided that the term ‘asylum seeker’ is bogus, rather than the bona fides of the claimant. Refugee organisations have drawn the same conclusion. There has been no obvious rush to rename themselves: the Asylum Seeker Council would not have quite the same ring to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs