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Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...physical and social framework in which citizens live and work. This money is raised and spent collectively. It reduces the need for private expenditure. Without it, the costs of health, education and much of the infrastructure on which we depend for the smooth running of our lives would have to be funded entirely from private individuals and organisations. Our society...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working in teams Badge icon
Money & Business

Working in teams

...physically located in the same place team members may also be separated by time zones technology is used to aid communication. A frequently used description of a virtual team provided by Fleming and Hailstrom (2006, p. 7) is ‘working together apart’. One implication of these different definitions is that it is always worth checking exactly what is meant if you are...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...physical book or online), you will notice that the French translations are followed by ‘m.’ or ‘f.’. You will now find out what this means and why it’s provided. Activity 3 Comparing French and English Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Look at the word list below. What do you notice when you compare the French and English? [Described image] Figure 3 Bilingual word...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...physical and biological headings used to analyse environmental conditions (European Commission). A reservoir behind a dam reduces the chances of flooding downstream from the dam, although reducing the water flow to prevent flooding places a constraint on the amount of electricity that can be generated. At the same time, a large reservoir increases the amount of gases...
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...physics emulators, climate forecasting, materials science, etc) Reduction of global food waste Algorithms to classify images of illegal animal products Green AI within Smart Cities Part 2 Note Gould’s mention of the so-called ‘Circular Economy’ and try to find out more about this (e.g. on the internet). Summarise the ways in which AI could be involved in this. Enter...
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...physical injuries that you are left to deal with. There may also be an impact psychologically. I had to deal with the trauma and the fact that I nearly died at 26. I questioned why it happened to me – had I done something to deserve it? Could I have done something differently to prevent it? Was it my own fault? After the attack my physical injuries were healing...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...is the thickness of a drawn line that mimics the equivalent in the use of physical media, such as brushes and pens. * variables A variable is a piece of data that code can store and change. Variables can hold different types of data, but in our examples, we are only using them to store numbers. * vertex In vector drawing, the point at which a line changes direction....
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...physical phenomenon of climate change was largely ‘invisible’ in everyday life, and easily perceived as ‘everybody’s’ problem, where individual contributions seem insignificant (Schreiner, Henriksen and Hansen, 2005). There have been shifts in such views, and climate change is now featured prominently in mainstream media. This course itself might be a reflection...