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The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...de Football Association, or FIFA as it is more commonly known, itself has experienced significant controversy relating to the internal politics (or the small ‘p’ politics) of the organisation. However, before you delve into FIFA, take a moment to explore what is meant by ‘political’ in this course. Activity 1 Identifying political themes relating to this course...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...variables and relationships needed for a quantitative mathematical model. Process engineers have long used diagrams to describe processes. Among these are input-output (or ‘black box’) diagrams and flow diagrams, in which linked ‘inputs’ and ‘outputs’ are described. These are sometimes split into flow-block diagrams describing flows between components and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...variability in user populations, and to consider the opportunities for product design for different populations. Although most producer companies devote major resources to researching the market for their products, many products still appear on the market that seem not to have been designed with their user in mind. You must have experienced or noticed some dangerous,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...de France. He was Chief Economist at the World Bank, 2000-2003, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994-1999. He was Head of the UK Government Economic Service 2003-7, and produced the landmark Stern Review on the economics of climate change. He was knighted for services to economics in 2004 and made a cross-bench life peer as Baron Stern of...
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Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...class and at mealtimes or when drawing and writing. Some are still not potty trained although most children are developmentally ready for potty training between the ages of 2 and 3 years old. Children can often use handheld screen devices with confidence. But we find now that their hands lack the muscle strength to hold a pencil, use cutlery, and manage scissors. Every...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...class C). Energy efficiency improved markedly after 1998 to meet these standards leading to the reductions in electricity use by cold appliances seen in Figure 6. [Figure 7] Figure 7 Electricity consumption in cold appliances, business-as-usual scenario, UK, 1970–2020. So far, so promising. There is considerable scope, however, for further energy savings if consumers...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...class hatred and the blood-bath of the twentieth. Cultural unity is thus counterposed not just to diversity or disunity but to extremes of conflict on a military and class base. After 1945, though, a new European consensus began to emerge in response to the awareness of a common Soviet threat and American encouragement of European unity, in reaction to ‘the destructive...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...De Paulo, 2006) which, it has been suggested, may be caused by a generalised suspicion resulting from their professions (Masip et al., 2005). In the next activity you can consider how your own responses might relate to these research findings. Activity 7 By looking at your own results from the detecting deception activity you can work out whether or not you a) displayed a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs