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Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...writing, the most recent version is HE-AAC version 2, which employs the third major extension in Figure 18 – parametric stereo (PS) – to improve the audio quality at low bit rates and increase compression by up to 40%. This analyses the spatial characteristics between the left and right channels of a stereo signal to exploit inter-channel redundancies. PS...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...writing – setting out your grounds for a refund. The tax office you need to contact is the one that deals with your employer. The pay slip provided by your employer might tell you which tax office is the relevant one. Alternatively you can track down the right office online. Keep a record of your tax code and other taxation details...Session 2: Earning money,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...writing and you won't be surprised to hear that I'm looking at a computer screen at the moment. What else can I see? Books and bookshelves, furniture of various sorts, pictures, a camera, some clothes, then a carpet on the floor, electrical leads, plugs and a socket, lighting, a radio, a radiator, walls and ceiling, a door, and a window overlooking a small and somewhat...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...writing, no research reports on the actual prevalence of physical activity across the caring population in the UK (Horne et al., 2021), although 54% of carers report to have reduced the amount of exercise they do because of caring (Carers UK, 2017). Data examining carers over the age of 55 years indicates a concerning picture with a clear difference evident between the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...Write your thoughts in the box below. Feedback The current ratio indicates that the company should be able to pay its current liabilities as they fall due. There was a slight increase in the current ratio in 2022 (1.99:1) when compared to 2021 (1.91:1), and no apparent liquidity problems are indicated. The quick ratio of the company remained consistent from 1.46 in 2021...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...writing, we don’t yet know the full economic effect of the Covid-19 pandemic – this will be the acid test about whether P2P investments are robust, and we await the results with some trepidation...Week 2: The spectrum of personal investments: 2.4.2 Housing as an investment - In recent decades property has become increasingly considered as a serious alternative to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...writing, only three companies have developed and tested re-useable launch vehicles: SpaceX (Falcon 9 and Starship), Blue Origin (New Shepherd and New Glenn), and Rocket Lab (Electron (R)). SpaceX’s Falcon 9 (Figure 6) is already used to transport crew and cargo to the International Space Station, and Blue Origin’s New Shepherd (named after Alan Shepherd, the first...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...Write some notes explaining why traditional cost and management accounting systems may not provide adequate support for customer relationship marketing and what the likely adverse consequences of this failure might be. Discussion Customer relationship marketing (CRM) requires knowledge/understanding of customer profitability, rather than just turnover/revenue, since the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs