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People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...systems, DVD players, digital cameras and camcorders, all beckon the shoppers, asking them to take note of recent developments. Similarly, press and TV advertisements, leaflets and Sunday supplement flyers introduce us to ranges of brand new, innovative products. New technology offers the potential for real improvements to our lives – products that make jobs easier,...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...system cool. Admittedly, this is not just data required for the supply chain (it also includes videos of silly wet cats, and pictures of your colleagues on the beach), but you hopefully get the point. Activity 2 Energy consumption in your organisation Timing: 20 minutes In his book How Bad are Bananas?, Mike Berners-Lee calculates the carbon footprint of a vast range of...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring innovative assessment methods
Education & Development

Exploring innovative assessment methods

...system and not attend university, what skills will all the learners need to progress into employment? Assuming your learners will progress to university, what skills do your learners need to progress into employment after they graduate? You will return to the answers you have offered for the above questions at the end of the course. In the next section you’ll look...
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...systems...Emotions and emotional disorders: 2 Emotions in an evolutionary context - Like other living things, people are the products of millions of years of evolution. An evolutionary approach thus has the potential to provide a number of important insights into the nature and function of emotions and emotional systems, and can enhance our understanding of what...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...system ‘green’ would label foods with low energy, ‘amber’ for medium energy density and ‘red’ for high energy density. Activity 10 What do you suppose is meant by ‘high energy density’ ? Answer A food with high energy density will make available far more energy for its size (i.e. per portion) than a low-energy-density food. Activity 11 What happens if the...
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...system – it involves seeking ambitious change. You will also be introduced to a definition of race, itself a contested concept. After working with our definitions of leadership and race, you will move on to consider five different dimensions which comprise a ‘Five Ps’ framework for thinking about and practising leadership (Grint and Smolović Jones, 2022). This...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...systems to be highly flexible. Examples of this flexibility are: the same type of receptor can be coupled to different signalling pathways in different cell types; the signal can be amplified (or damped down) as it travels along the signalling pathway; it can switch on multiple pathways, leading to several cellular responses in diverse regions of the cell; information can...
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...systems in place. It will rank order sources of electricity according to the amount of carbon they release per unit of energy they produce and that means that some coal plants will be severely hit, much as bad gas plants which are emitting a lot of methane, badly constructed, would also be hit. RH: Who is going to enforce that? If you’re a country and you have a large...