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Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...data. Production is, therefore, more likely to be focused on knowledge as it is not visible in a material sense; for example, if the photograph were of an assembly line, we would be able to see the output, such as chocolate bars. Consumption: People are using different areas in space. Some are working alone, others are having a meeting, and the two people at the back may...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...data about certain aspects for statistical analysis, or in numbers of jobs created or lost...Companies and financial accounting: 4 Three perspectives on the role of companies and financial reporting in society - The allocation of a bundle of property rights over shareholders, the company and the directors creates the possibility for conflicting interests. In addition,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...Analysis of Faith-Based Community Organising’, Social Inclusion, 7(2), pp. 24–32. Gramsci, A. (2005) Selections from the prison notebooks. London: Lawrence and Wishart. Hall, S. (2021) Selected writings on race and difference. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. Lukes, S. (2005) Power: A Radical View. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Ng, S. H. (1980) The social...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Sound for music technology: An introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Sound for music technology: An introduction

...analysis. In this section I would like to explore and map out this complexity, and we shall do this together, based on your own experience with sound. To start, I'd like to propose some listening activities. Activity 1 (Listening, Exploratory) Listen to the eight audio tracks associated with this activity. The purpose of this activity is to put your understanding of sound...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...Analysis Using Publicly Available Data Sets’, Microbiology Spectrum, 11, e02125-22. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02125-22 Li, P.K-T., Chan, G.C-K., Chen, J., Chen, H-C., Cheng, Y-L., Fan, S.L-S, He, J.C., Hu, W., et al. (2021) ‘Tackling dialysis burden around the world: A global challenge’, Kidney Diseases, 7(3), pp. 167–175. Available at:...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...data a few years ago identified that change as one of the “key drivers” of the increased consumption seen in the UK. [Beer bottles in a field] The 1980s were an unusual time for the drinks industry. After 30 years of near-continuous increases, British drinking pretty much levelled out between 1980 and 1995 – the nation’s thirst reined in, perhaps, by the high...
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Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...data in the current section, of a group of 100 people how many would, on average, be found to carry one of Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae or Clostridium difficile? Why are individuals carrying these microbes generally not ill? Answer Streptococcus pyogenes is found in one-tenth of the population, so that means that 10 people in every hundred would carry...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...data. The typeface of a typical book enables approximately 5000 letters to be printed on one page. Thus the sequence of the human genome would take a total of 600 000 pages and fill about 3000 books. The project was made possible only by a large number of staff working in a substantial number of laboratories and, importantly, by database technology of computers. Each...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs