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Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...systems to prevent trains passing through red lights, so as to prevent collisions (the Train Protection and Warning System – TPWS – deployment completed at the end of 2003; see www.railwaypeople.com [accessed 18 June 2009]). Naturally these systems have to be installed on the track and subsequently maintained. The problem is that the trackside is a very dangerous...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...systems and even charities need to innovate new products, services and processes to compete. To do so means that invariably they need to undergo almost continuous change. This need for change can come about, as Senior et al. (2020) point out, from any source and influence, be it socio-cultural, political-legal, technological or economic. To respond to that need can often...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...system of values, norms and ideas that prevented single motherhood. Something has changed to undermine that moral order (explanations of this may vary – we have become less religious; people are more concerned with individual freedom; there has been a rise in permissiveness; welfare systems have provided benefits to lone parents, making it easier to choose to be a lone...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...system, or means of non-verbal communication. (Adapted from Oxford University Press, 2013) The OED also gives a list of examples for each of these uses. Indicate which of the meanings 1 to 4 above each of the examples below illustrates: Select the answer for (a) here [Malayan] is the common Tongue of Trade and Commerce in most of the East India Islands, being the Lingua...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...system. It is worth noting that this fairly simple picture smooths over some important exceptions and complications. Collective self-determination need not mean outright statehood. It could mean instead some form of autonomy or self-government within another state. Many Quebecois are federalists, rather than nationalists; for various reasons, they prefer Quebec to remain...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...systems put performers with small and flexible bodies at a significant advantage. Different rules and scoring systems result in different types of bodies. Compare, for example, the significantly different physiques of Olympic artistic gymnasts (short and powerful) and rhythmic gymnasts (taller and more slender). At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 16-year-old artistic gymnast...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...systems, Making health care affordable to all And we can do this not just because we care for them, because we also care for those to come. Read more about aging in the June 2011 issue of Finance and Development, a publication of the International Monetary Fund. www.imf.org/fandd Produced by Babar Ahmed for The International Monetary Fund Original music composed by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...systems. And the demands of these systems can lead to assessment which is inherently unmusical. For me it is important then that music teachers understand what assessment in music education is for and how it is best carried out in the classroom. Music teachers need to make the case for approaches to assessment in music that support young people’s musical development and...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs