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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...class, Introduction to Computers, at his local college. Jim takes up the story: The class I had signed up for, ‘Introduction to Computers’, took place at my local college. It was years since I had been there, and it had changed a lot. Even though I went online and found a map of the campus, I still could not find the building and the room. I asked a man for...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...class research in my field and disseminate my research and knowledge in an open and free manner. To work in the area of engineering while rigorously maintaining my values with regard to environmental sustainability. To incorporate my love of aviation into my working life. To work in a flexible institution where I will be able to take time off in the week in exchange for...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...variables have been kept constant. Task 2 Mass = 11 460 kg Thrust = 141 200 N Thrust time = 120 s Drag forces = ‘on’ Mass change = ‘off’ Answer This was a ‘partial launch’. Height reached = 21 km and maximum speed = 278 m s-1 The ‘extra challenge’ is to switch off on both drag and mass change to see how the flight of the rocket would be different. Try this...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...De Visu / Shutterstock; Juanmonino / iStock. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...DES, triple DES, and AES, which are widely used in financial transactions over the internet and within banks. Let's go back to Alice and Bob. Aware that Eve wants to learn their secret, they choose to use symmetric encryption. The first thing for them to do is to generate a shared key and each to make their own copy. One way of doing this is to meet, discuss their...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Digital & Computing

Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training (GICAST)

...DES, triple DES, and AES, which are widely used in financial transactions over the internet and within banks. Let's go back to Alice and Bob. Aware that Eve wants to learn their secret, they choose to use symmetric encryption. The first thing for them to do is to generate a shared key and each to make their own copy. One way of doing this is to meet, discuss their...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...classes share in the expansion of the country's wealth by virtue of their ownership of domestic property, those who remain in the council sector (many of whom would like to buy) are deprived of the chance to benefit from the rising value of the house or flat they live in. Instead, they face the prospect of indefinite rent payments (subsidized where necessary by housing...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...class. Session 2 This session discusses wartime propaganda in Britain, Germany and the USA. We explain how the term can be defined in the classroom, before discussing the broad purposes and functions of propaganda in wartime. This session emphasises developing and practising primary source skills using visual sources. Our worked examples from three countries demonstrate...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs