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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...care is needed in ascribing a perspective to a group as there is likely to be variation within it). Individuals might in that case come from different geographical locations. The group might be predominantly ‘local’ but the organisation ‘regional’ or ‘national’. However, diagrams can be useful in different ways and Uphoff’s diagram is a valuable prompt for...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...careful balance of costs, using the available supply of high volume components at lower cost combined with the higher cost of special components made by the company specifically for their product. Getting this balance right is one of the keys to a successful design and designers must keep this in mind constantly as they develop a product...Introducing engineering: 2.6 The...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...adults who are not very close friends or relatives of yours) du you (when talking to a close friend, a relative or a child) ihr you (when talking to two or more close friends, relatives or children) er he sie they sie she es it Note that sie with a small ‘s’ means ‘she’ and also ‘they’. Sie with a capital ‘S’ means ‘you’. There are several ways of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...adult gained about my own culture and heritage, the more this question came up. Why was it important to silence our heritage to make it disappear? The more I travelled around the world and became acquainted with other cultures, I realised that this had not only happened in Sápmi, but that this has happened all over the world. To my great joy, I eventually discovered that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...care levy, disposable plastic tax and tourism tax. [This is a screenshot of some financial information from the Welsh Government. It shows areas where, on the website, information boxes can be revealed about various tax developments from recent years. A diagram at the bottom of the screenshot shows numerous income streams – Welsh Block Grant, Non-domestic rates, Welsh...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...care is needed when using the term ‘the environment’. In this free course, ‘environment’ is generally used instead of ‘the environment’. This is deliberate to avoid falling into the trap of assuming there is a single, known, universally recognised and describable set of ‘things’ that exist in relation to each other that everyone agrees constitute ‘the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...careful design of the cutting tool is of paramount importance. There are specific tool geometries and cutting angles for different materials which help to keep temperatures and energies to a minimum while they are being cut. The main attraction of machining as a shaping process is its ability to produce almost any shape accurately. However, machining requires expensive...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...careful to keep intellect and virtue to the front, and to learn something new every day’, going on to catalogue his patronage of the arts, architecture and music, as well as his deep knowledge of both classical authors and the scriptures. 44 Half a century later, no less ambiguous a figure than Henry VIII was recorded as frequently receiving Sir Thomas More into his...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs