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Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...managed properly, thermal stresses can lead to distortions and cracks. However, useful engineering components and devices can be constructed that take advantage of 'gradual' thermal sensitivity. Box 4 Homogeneous body, uniform ΔT, external constraints The classic example of the buckled railway line (Figure 6a) is an easy geometry to calculate. [Figure 6] Figure 6 (a)...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...manage the risks alongside the benefits, in relation to the context in which they are used, the content of the activity and the potential impact for individual children; these are the issues discussed in this course. To get an insight into how research in this area progresses over time you may like to read an extract from Holloway et al., 2013 and compare it with the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...manageable and much more affordable to purchase and operate. It was therefore more suitable for volume newsgathering. ITN judged, quite correctly as it turned out, that illustrating more stories with moving pictures would appeal to the public – even if the picture quality was somewhat worse than they were used to in the cinema or on the BBC. The BBC soon followed with...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...managing, reflecting and valuing skills in using the senses – listening and talking, observing, understanding and expressing feelings skills combining thinking and using the senses – giving and receiving constructive feedback, interviewing, leading, negotiating, supporting skills supporting your studies and practices – reflective writing, digital and information...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...management of specific risks. Sustain rights, obligations and procedures. Conduct studies and monitor progress...Public Health Approaches to Infectious Disease: 2.2.2 The WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network - The central coordinating body within the WHO’s surveillance function is the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network. There are now numerous...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Secondary learning
Education & Development

Secondary learning

...management, marking work and meeting targets set for you and your school. Learning to be a teacher involves developing your own teaching personality, which enables you to be the sort of teacher that you want to be. The purpose of this course is to encourage you to stand back and think about what it is you are trying to do and what you believe. By doing this you will be...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...management of abstractions from rivers and groundwaters and how effluent returns to them, and by the design and maintenance of navigation and flood control measures. In the UK, discharges into surface waters require the consent of the pollution control authority: the Environment Agency (EA) in England and Wales, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...manage to keep jobs for long. Works part-time at a garden centre. Unpaid work None, as far as I know. Is ‘Brown Owl’ of her local Brownie group and secretary of local Gardening Club. Takes a neighbour shopping every week. Visits my Gran in the care home twice a week. Helps a friend with her garden. Social life At the pub or out clubbing most nights. Also goes on...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs