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The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...of unsatisfactory features. It showed up again in 1924 in the doctoral thesis of Louis de Broglie (1892-1987), who suggested that entities which are normally thought of as particles, such as electrons, actually have a wave-like aspect to their behaviour. Einstein, Bohr and de Broglie all received Nobel Prizes in recognition of their work. These early developments were strikingly out of step with ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...education) and the growing ideas of material progress associated with Adam Smith's discussion of the ‘wealth of nations’ (den Boer, 1995, pp.58–65). A general idea of progress associated with the mainstream of European development soon began to prevail over the cultural elitism implied by the emphasis on civilization. It took a specific political form in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...education for its pupils. From the perspective of exam-setting organisations, the purpose of the school is to prepare pupils for exams and host examinations in exam conditions. From the perspective of Government, the purpose of the school is to provide education to national standards. From the perspective of teaching unions, the purpose of the school is to ensure teachers...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...de Paul order in full habit, complete with cornette. All these cultural trends generated cultural products (maps, drawings, descriptions) which are, in themselves, evidence of socio-economic developments and power relations. After all, a person had to be very rich to acquire an estate of land and only the well-off had the money and time to purchase and read travel...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...educational background of learners the type of learning need to be met any data you have about learner styles and preferences any evaluation data you have of the effectiveness of previous learning and talent development interventions costs and budgets available. Options for training delivery typically include: courses and classroom training in-house development programmes...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...education, which is the ability to acquire knowledge and make informed, confident decisions. Although this definition may have been sufficient in the 60s, I believe needs to be updated to include neuromarketing and make restrictions on how it can be used. In my opinion, neuromarketing should only be allowed on consumer products, not in political campaigns, not on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...education and then training. This can present problems as situations can change, leading to over- or under-supply of critical resources. The next section looks at the influence of timescales on how demand and capacity decisions are made...Capacity and demand management: 6 Demand Analysis: four components of demand - Simple models of demand break down the total demand into...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...educate his readers (although the educational content of this poetry often concerned scandalous themes!). Famous works from this period include Ars Amatoria (‘The Art of Love’) and Remedia Amoris (‘Cures for Love’). 4 8 CE, Ovid is exiled (or so he says!) to Tomis. By the time of his exile he had written the Metamorphoses and was working on a poem called the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs