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The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...technology has progressed enough to enable us to see atoms. Figure 1 was produced with a type of microscope that enables us to distinguish individual gold atoms. Different types of atoms combine in a number of ways to form the varying substances of matter. You might think there would need to be a huge number of different sorts of atoms to account for all the substances...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...education system, and so on. But speech changes all the time and, eventually, written language will start to accommodate some of the changes that are taking place in the spoken language. You just have to listen to people talking English now to know that spoken language changes much more readily than written language. Think of grandparents and the problems they sometimes...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...Education, Childhood & Youth...Professional relationships with young people: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify the importance of developing positive professional relationships with young people recognise the qualities and attitudes which support the development of professional and helping relationships describe what a...
Assessment in secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary mathematics

...education...This free course, Assessment in secondary mathematics, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessing mathematics in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your assessment practice as a mathematics teacher and develop a greater awareness of the implications of assessment...
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...technology (GIS) to map, record and measure accurately. New technologies aid historical research which has grown from a long tradition of wider knowledge construction and a more recent tradition of academic landscape history. Better understanding of the impacts of human activity on landscapes has seen environmental history grow in scale and importance in the twenty-first...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...education, including in 1935 his PhD in Mathematics and Physics, but as a Jew he was unable to obtain work; he lived with his parents on their savings. Although born in Berlin, his father came from Romania and his mother from Poland. He grew up with Romanian citizenship, was naturalized as a German citizen in 1932, but lost this citizenship again in 1935, under new laws...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...Technology 50 2 Food 50+ 3 Technology 50 4 Food 50 5 Food 50 6 Food 50+ 7 Technology 50 8 Technology 50 9 Technology 50+ 10 Food 50+ See the following cross table, which elegantly summarises the information of our sample data. Table 8 Cross table for sample firms SECTOR 50 EMPLOYEES 50+ EMPLOYEES TOTAL FIRMS Technology 4 1 5 Food 2 3 5 Total 6 4 10 ......
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...education are more likely to score highly on the measures of trust, social expenditure and political interest and they are also more ready to invest in energy-saving measures in support of the environment. Social consumption is highest among pensioners. Neighbourhood participation is more closely related to age, increasing noticeably among people aged 50 and above....
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs