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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...think it is! This free course, Religious diversity: rethinking religion, introduces you to a selection of the vast variety of religious beliefs and practices in Britain today. Having some familiarity with religion and belief is increasingly required to make sense of issues of local, national and international importance. The course will introduce you to issues and skills...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Are you an entrepreneur and don't know it?
Education & Development

Are you an entrepreneur and don't know it?

...think of start‑ups or famous business founders. But it can be much simpler than that. If you like coming up with ideas, solving problems, or taking the lead to make things better, you may already have an entrepreneurial mindset. Understanding this can help you see new options for your future. It could shape your learning, boost your confidence, or open up new career...
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Activity 5 mins
Management and the unconscious mind
Money & Business

Management and the unconscious mind

...thinking a pre-requisite for good ideas? The human brain is an incredibly complex machine which constantly processes vast amounts of data many of us are oblivious to as we go about our lives, but can the information contained within the unconscious mind aid managers within the work place? In the following audio discussion Guy Claxton, a psychologist from the University of...
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Audio 6 mins
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...thinking about the same subject have said in previous years. Professional knowledge is sometimes explicit but often people know more than they can articulate. They know with their hands and their bodies. It is usually expressed in action. It is communal, in as much as one person may contribute a particular part of a whole process. Researching, writing and thinking all...
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Article 5 mins
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...think about taking other courses...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what you have to do: read each week of the course score 50% or more in the two badge quizzes in Week 4 and Week 8. For all the quizzes, you can have three attempts at most of the questions (for true or false type questions you usually only get...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...think is most influential for me personally in exploring, understanding climate change and the environment is actually Blue Peter. So when I was young, in the nineties, they were always doing things about global warming, the greenhouse effect, even things like light pollution, and as a child that was a window into the reality of that. I think people can try and cotton...
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Video 30 mins
"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)
Science, Maths & Technology

"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)

...systems should allow the cavity to be filled rapidly. Vents and risers must be located in such a way that the unfilled portion of the casting cavity is at atmospheric pressure, to allow the gases formed in the initial stages to escape to atmosphere. Knock-out is easy, since removal of the vacuum allows the sand to flow out of the box. When casting cast iron, or other...
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Article 5 mins
Rotary Forging, General Forging Machine (GFM) and Swaging
Science, Maths & Technology

Rotary Forging, General Forging Machine (GFM) and Swaging

...system contains the workpiece on all sides, which eliminates the tensile stresses developed in conventional hot forging. The high rate of working leads to heat generation to compensate for radiation losses, so that multiple passes can be used to produce a forging in a single heat. This leads to substantial energy and labour savings compared with conventional forging....
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Article 5 mins