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Geometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Geometry

...everyday language, the word ‘angle’ is often used to mean the space between two lines (‘The two roads met at a sharp angle’) or a rotation (‘Turn the wheel through a large angle’). Both of these senses are used in mathematics, but it is probably easier to start by thinking of an angle in terms of the second of these – as a rotation. The diagram below shows a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...everyday environment. We tend to think of needs as fairly simple and singular things, but in reality they are manifold and complex, and change many times during the course of a day...Design thinking: 2.2 Changing our behaviour - The word ‘need’ also implies improvement. We design new things because we think they will improve our lives somehow; for example, they may...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...everyday things or activities make someone feel panicky? Write your response in the box. Discussion You may have listed common fears (like spiders) or fears that are quite personal to you. However one thing to note about panic attacks is that a common experience is that they happen apparently out of the blue – with no apparent trigger at all...Panic attacks: what they...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...English...Week 1: The value of film: 3 Thinking about the value chain - In the film industry, the term ‘value chain’ is used to describe the series of steps that run from the first creative spark that inspires the film-makers to begin the project, through to the end of the commercial life of the completed feature film. The same term is used in a slightly different way...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Developing business ideas for drone technologies Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...everyday business, and to gain as much profit as possible out of it. GeoSense is a company that mainly, is mainly a trading company. We established back in 2002, working in the segment of geoinformatics. And lately and since 2010, we've been introducing in Greek market drone technologies, and we sell a lot of well-known brands in Greek market. But apart from box moving,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...English speakers, although less so for Dutch or French speakers as they have only one word: ‘klant’ or ‘client’, respectively. We should note that the resolution of confusing terms and ambiguities is an important factor in project definition. It’s a consequence of the relationship between language and the context in which it is used. The confusion can be...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...English Dictionary has the following definitions: Risk Hazard, danger, exposure to mischance or peril. The chance or hazard of commercial loss, specifically in the case of insured property or goods. Activity 2 Compare your definition with the above definitions. Do they correspond? Risk is equated with hazard in this definition. Do you agree with this? Let us now look at...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...English Dictionary as ‘the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy’. However, it is important to realise that wellbeing is a much broader concept than moment-to-moment happiness. While it does include happiness, it also includes other things, such as how satisfied people are with their life as a whole, their sense of purpose and how in control they feel. A...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs