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Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...et al., 2007). Can you suggest why MRI is potentially less harmful to patients than CT? Unlike X‑ray-based diagnostics such as CT, MRI does not expose patients to potentially harmful ionising radiation. A typical MRI scanner is shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 A clinical MRI instrument...Metals in medicine: 3.1 MRI in practice - It’s important to appreciate from the start...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Exploring Homer’s Odyssey
History & The Arts

Exploring Homer’s Odyssey

...profile, carrying round shields and pointing spears at one another. Both wear crested helmets. At their feet lies the naked body of a fallen warrior. Other warriors carrying spears and wearing helmets stand behind the two central figures. The pot also has a decorative floral pattern at the rim, and images of lions around the base.] Figure 1 Attic black figure calyx krater...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...et al. set out a list of six values that they feel people should consider when thinking about a change of career (Figure 6): Benevolence Doing things for others Conformity Being accepted, doing what's socially correct Independence Making decisions, getting your own way Leadership Being in charge, having power and authority Recognition Being highly regarded and admired,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...profile. --- The restless Universe introduces you to major achievements and figures in the history of physics, from Copernicus to Einstein and beyond. The route from classical to quantum physics will be laid out for you in this free course without recourse to challenging mathematics but with the fundamental features of theories and discoveries described in sufficient...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Creativity, community and ICT
Education & Development

Creativity, community and ICT

...style of imagery that is instantly characteristic’; ‘Tim Berners Lee (creator of the World Wide Web), Mary Wollstonecraft, Sylvia Plath – independent, innovative thinkers, linked together ideas to produce, and effectively communicate, an original way of looking at the world. Challenged conventional perceptions.’ ‘My grandmother – sewed the most exquisite,...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...style, approach, pace of change and informal ways of working. In other words, you need to think beyond whether someone simply has the technical skills to perform in the job and assess their fit with the culture of the organisation. However, this carries the danger of excluding suitably qualified candidates because their ‘face does not fit’. This approach suggests a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introducing Union Black
Education & Development

Introducing Union Black

...style is now to capitalize Black in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, conveying an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black, including those in the African diaspora and within Africa. The lowercase black is a color, not a person.’ Why was this course created? The racial uprisings of 2020 forced a global...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...et al., 2013) about integrated care quality improvement pilots. Integrated care broadly means the capacity for different parts of an organisation (departments or staff groups) to work together to offer good quality care. It also includes the capacity for healthcare professionals to work with social care professionals to offer a joined-up service. This research brief looks...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs