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The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...business have to say. [Figure 6] Figure 6 Government scientists come somewhere in between the two. This suggests that scientific information is partly judged in terms of the perceived independence of those producing it. It also reflects trends in other surveys showing the decreasing trust people have towards the motives of private business. The relevance of this for media...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...business making accessories. One of the items you will be making is tote bags. The material you have bought is 156 cm wide. You need to cut pieces of material that are 15 inches wide. How many pieces can you cut from the material you bought? Use 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Method You need to start by converting either cm to inches or inches to cm so that you are working with units...
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Free course 48 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...business meetings. Further rooms were often situated in an upper storey, like this one, which is still preserved in The House of the Lovers, although we don’t know what the rooms were used for. In this house the service quarters were grouped along one side of the peristyle. The more functional rooms of the house were usually separated in some way from the more public...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Sound for music technology: An introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Sound for music technology: An introduction

...business of creating music – at least music of conventional kinds. Few instruments, for instance, produce a sine-wave type of sound when played in the normal way, although in electronic music sine waves can be a basic component of synthesised sounds. Because pure sine-wave sounds are not often heard in music, I ought to begin this study by giving a few reasons why they...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...business-like constructions. [Micklethwaite's gallery on wheels] Image 79: Photographer/Painter: Anon. Subject: Micklethwaite's gallery on wheels. Some itinerants could afford to invest in horse-drawn caravans which combined living accommodation with glazed studios and darkroom facilities. These vans were moved from venue to venue by horses hired for the journey. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...businesses. There is no background information for him or any mention of school. He is polite, helpful and good. Child operating without parents – finding another family of sorts which raises questions for me as an adult reader. The fantastical elements in it – talking animals with almost magical abilities – are like a lot of children’s books and programmes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...business, often the first thing you get is a series of recorded questions where you have to answer yes or no or maybe say your date of birth. At the other end, there's a speech recognition system. What this is usually doing is analysing your response in the frequency domain. And it does this by looking at how the power in your speech is distributed in different frequency...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...busy to go and do what the midwife said, and that I wasn’t listening, but I wasn’t allowed to say no or to give any evidence about myself that proves that I do always take health care professionals’ advice. Because it wasn’t about me. It was about the midwife’s fitness to practise. Discussion You probably noted a range of reasons for why cross-examination can be...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs