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Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...care towards employees, customers, and the general public...In this free course, Software and the law, you'll look at the laws relevant to software and its use, taking a global perspective. A major part of this course is devoted to intellectual-property law, the issue of who owns software and digital content and how that ownership can be protected using instruments like...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...adult brain. Okay, the scan’s just about to start, so just keep nice and still there, okay? NARRATOR: Planning is done by taking a pilot scan. The patient is moved through the gantry. The source remains stationary on one side. This produces an image similar to a planar X-ray. This pilot scan is taken in what is called the sagittal plane. RADIOGRAPHER: We’re going to...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...careful, people will sit back and allow me to do it all. So I have to be really, really careful about making sure that I involve people from the beginning. I work for a charity that works with people who have a disability. And so what I try and do is encourage them, the users of the service, to become involved in any new project from the beginning, so consulting them,...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...care. Back in the present, you will analyse data from different countries highlighting the growing problem of antibiotic resistance worldwide. You will be introduced to factors, covered in more detail later in the course, that have contributed to this problem. Finally, you will listen to scientists discussing the potential threat to modern medicine of antibiotic...
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...caring – but muffled. In fact, the office interior and brand identity (inasmuch as one existed) echoed this – nursing blue and white, rather bland and eerily calm. From micro examination of verb forms, we could see the charity tended always to position itself as acting outwards, on other people or things, while not (at least linguistically) allowing the possibility of...
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...care when we look at a graph or chart in case we are misled by it. The original graph also used colour to emphasise the spaces: the 16–24 space was blue; the 44+ space bright yellow; and the 25–44 space, orange. It would make more sense for the graph to have the 44+ band on top, but the author has chosen to sandwich it in the middle. The accompanying article was about...
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...adult needs to ingest up to 3 litres of water in drinks and food each day - so it could be argued that a typical UK adult is responsible for the consumption of more oil than drinking water! In assessing the importance of oil and its potential replacements, it's inevitable that some numerical comparisons have to be made. This book will include a small number of...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...adult barrister is in a very powerful position in relation to a young child in the witness box for the first time. By choosing this assertive wording in cross-examination, a barrister enacts their authority over the child and consequently there is a risk that the child will falsely agree to a proposition because they feel unable to challenge the ‘voice of authority’....
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs