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More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...writing down what you think are the reasons why we choose to present data in this way before you read on. One student has said: If an exam or assessment question asks me to draw a chart or a graph, my heart sinks. I don't like tackling tables either. I only ever draw a graph if I absolutely have to. This course assumes that you have some experience in drawing conclusions...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...writing around 400 BC The young people of today … have bad manners, they scoff at authority and lack respect for their elders. Children nowadays are real tyrants … they contradict their parents … they tyrannise their teachers The Daily Post on 29 May 2013 Yobs destroy children’s scarecrows in ‘mindless wrecking rampage’ Sir Keith Joseph Member of Parliament...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 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

...write using a computer and find information both from the library catalogues and from the internet using my computer. I send and receive emails from colleagues down the corridor as easily as those from across the world. During my lunch break I stop at the bank. My computer-produced statement has a confusing entry that I want clarified. On the way out I draw cash from...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...creative-destructive’ tendencies of capitalism, although the extent to which the costs of the destructive aspect of this phenomenon are considered acceptable is a subject that divides opinion to this day. This free course, Technology, innovation and managment, introduces you to a range of related concepts, ideas and debates that will enable you to develop a critical...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...write. We do not think it right that we should know nothing but work and suffering, from Monday morning to Saturday night, to make others rich. Do, good gentlemen, inquire carefully into our concern. [Submission from Manchester's Factory Children Committee sent to the House of Commons in 1836.] The section of the IPEC slideshow dealing with the ‘Historical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring the English language
History & The Arts

Exploring the English language

...write each word (or word group) into the correct row of the table according to its word class. 1. Initially, it will only come for a very short distance, but in a few days you will be able to increase the distance. Noun Verb Adjective Preposition Adverb Pronoun Determiner Conjunction Words: 0 Answer Noun distance, days, distance Verb will, come, will, be, able, increase...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...writing software for the program. Her programming skills led to her promotion to head of the Apollo Software Engineering Division, where she and her colleagues wrote and developed code for the guidance and control systems of the in-flight command and lunar modules of the Apollo missions (McMillan 2015; Spicer 2017). In the process, Hamilton and her team established the...
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Article 5 mins
Cost-of-living crisis, or just back-to-life blip?
Money & Business

Cost-of-living crisis, or just back-to-life blip?

...write after November’s overshoot. But domestic events may have compounded the rise in UK costs. The pound has depreciated by 10-15% in the five years since the Brexit referendum vote. This puts upward pressure on everything the country imports, including half its gas and 45% of its food. New trade frictions due to Brexit have added to import prices – though some...
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Article 5 mins