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Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...de Michelis, G., Simone, C. and Schmidt, K. (eds) Proceedings of ECSCW’93, the 3rd European Conference on Computer-Supported Co-operative Work, pp.77–92, Kluwer (Academic Press), Netherlands. Bernstein, B. and Solomon, J. (1999) ‘Pedagogy, identity and the construction of a theory of symbolic control’, Basil Bernstein questioned by Joseph Solomon, British Journal...
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...classes of private households are excluded, on the grounds that their spending patterns differ greatly from those of the others: pensioner households and high-income households. The CPI, however, has a wider remit – it is intended to reflect the spending of all UK residents, and also covers some costs incurred by foreign visitors to the UK. The CPI and RPI are...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...de la Serre, a French army captain, visited the school and described his system of 12 raised dots representing sounds which could be combined to form words. Braille experimented with Barbier’s system and, by the time he was 20, he had simplified it so that each letter of the alphabet could be represented by six raised dots arranged in three rows. The dots are precisely...
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...class actions, interdict and compensation. These will have created an impression of the work of courts and why they exist. Activity 1 asks you to consider what you may have already heard about the role and structure of courts. Activity 1 Thinking about courts Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Take a few moments to think about what you have heard or seen about courts and court...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...FAQs). If it has, you should at least scan the existing messages to see if your points have been addressed. Don’t feel you have to post immediately. Take your time to see what is being discussed and get a feel for the group you’re joining. This very sensible behaviour has the unfortunate name of lurking but is quite acceptable online. If you want to post, many...
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...FAQs...Week 1: Why does science need numbers?: 1.1 Water, water everywhere - NARRATOR 1 Bottled water is ubiquitous in our daily lives. Every year in the UK, we each consume some 70 litres of purchased bottled water, whether it's fizzy, mineral, or just purified tap water under a different name. The market for bottled water in the UK alone has grown to over 2 billion...
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...class degree in medical sciences. It does come with a lot of trauma. And it’s what I was saying before, with social interaction being a lot of effort. It’s not just the fact that you need to work harder to do the social interaction. It’s also wrapped up in a whole load of past instances in that person’s life, where they’ve misread the situation. They thought...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...Class A customers and treat these as key accounts. The next six customers are treated as Class B customers, with less effort devoted to keeping them happy. All other customers receive relatively little attention. It is sometimes helpful to illustrate the results of a Pareto analysis in a Pareto diagram, which shows the impact of each customer group on total profit, see...