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Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...analysis of the processes of construction of difference, and how those differences emerge, or you could do it through a political education that actually makes those differences explicit and then you start working with it and for example if you take the slogan that they use in Denmark about equal valuing of difference, if there is an argument that if you make the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...analysis. Historically, the term ‘geopolitics’ is often associated with the ideas of Halford Mackinder in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; in particular, his 1904 ‘heartland theory’, based on the particularities of British sea power during the age of empire and the historical dominance of land-based power evidenced by the Mongols in their conquest of...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...analysis, production...Assessing risk in engineering, work and life: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be able to: understand what is meant by risk carry out a basic risk assessment understand how accidents can be caused use probability to assess risk and minimise the occurrence of undesirable outcomes...Assessing risk in engineering, work and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...data collection and publication often taking many years. How great is the difference between what doping researchers investigate and that of the media? Activity 3 Your overview of academic doping research Timing: Allow about 30 minutes Go to Google Scholar and search the words “Doping sport” (note that the use of double quote marks will search for ‘doping sport’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...data that has been collected alongside qualitative (background) information. To make sure that any literacy difficulties are not down to a visual issue, the person being assessed should have had a sight test in the two years before an assessment takes place. A diagnosis can be expensive. At the time of writing (in 2025), the ranging price varies from £500-600 upwards and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...analysis of the different cell components...A tour of the cell: 2.1 Electron microscopy - Light microscopes cannot be used to study very small structures (i.e. those less than approximately 0.2 µm across), because there is a limit to the resolution, or 'resolving power' of such microscopes. The limiting factor that prevents small structures being discriminated using a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
An introduction to energy resources
Nature & Environment

An introduction to energy resources

...data on natural energy sources you will need in working through this section. Figure 1.7 The exchange of energy between the Earth's natural energy systems per second — the power of these systems measured in TW...Energy resources: An introduction to energy resources: 3.1 Solar radiation - Over 99.9% of the energy available at the Earth's surface comes from the Sun. Solar...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...analysis of roles. We show that, in the context of work with young people, the term is more than simply a statement about who does what: it also says something about the kinds of relationships we form with young people and the values we bring to our work. We then move on to discuss roles in relation to the 'bigger picture' of organisations and projects that are concerned...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs