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Plasma arc spraying
Science, Maths & Technology

Plasma arc spraying

...system is a “lathe” where the torch replaces the tool post. Automatic part handling and computer control of the torch can be used to improve the production rate and quality of the coating. Both processes are usually done in air, although the non-transferred arc process can be done under vacuum or inert gas for powders and/or components which oxidise readily. Processes...
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Article 10 mins
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...Think about Wikipedia. Everyone uses Wikipedia. It's an online encyclopaedia that's free. Wikipedia competes with the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which originally started life as a multi-volume product which you bought a set of volumes and had the information in it. Difference between the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Wikipedia is Encyclopaedia Britannica, the customer who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...think that football may differ from businesses usually considered more conventional, such as supermarkets like Sainsburys or Aldi. The business of football Pete Winkelman, Owner and chairman, MK Dons I think football is so different from any other kind of business, because I suppose fundamentally it‘s not a business. You don’t look at income and expenditure sheets in...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A short Paralympics reading list

...think the risk is worth taking. Studies have shown athletes with a spinal cord injury who boost can get up to a 10 percent improvement in some races. "It's an extreme thing to do and we have to constantly remind athletes it's very dangerous," said Craig Spence, a spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee. The IPC banned the practice in 2004 and says it doesn't...
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Video 5 mins
Statistics: What is it or what are they?
Science, Maths & Technology

Statistics: What is it or what are they?

...think they have, about what statistics is. But before we get into that, there’s a basic question to answer: is the word ‘statistics’ singular or plural? It looks like a plural because it ends in ‘s’. But ‘mathematics’ and ‘physics’ end in ‘s’, and we don’t talk about one ‘physic’ or one ‘mathematic’. The words ‘mathematics’ and...
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Article 5 mins
Float or sink?: Explore your child’s ideas about the physical world
Education & Development

Float or sink?: Explore your child’s ideas about the physical world

...think will float and one for those that they predict will sink. Don’t say what you think yet. Ask your child to explain why each object will either sink or float. Write down the name of each object and the reason your child gives for their ‘prediction’. Mix up the objects again and ask your child to test each one in turn in the bowl of water. Are there any...
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Activity 10 mins
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...think of other people’s religions as superstition. The following questions would make perfect sense to people in some religions but seem utterly bizarre to others. You might like to consider whether you would answer them positively or negatively. Do you eat fish every Friday? If you visit a religious building, do you cover your head? Do you pray when you are anxious? Do...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
How to be a critical reader
Languages

How to be a critical reader

...Thinking about your opinions - In the first activity you are going to read two short extracts and examine your opinions on the subject of the texts. Activity 1 Task 1 Read Extracts 1 and 2 and consider to what extent you agree or disagree with the view of the authors. Extract 1 I have been teaching full time for over thirty years. During that span of time, one sees many,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs