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Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...family. There are much larger databases in use by institutions containing specific types of information, such as library catalogues, banks' records of customers' accounts, and hospital medical records. Graphics and image editing software allows you to create and edit drawings and images. Digital photography has become very popular and image-editing software allows you to...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...family and clan type groups, where there would be sufficient cognitive and experiential diversity to support decision making. So, as we get that scientific understanding, we can start to rethink organisational design away from these hyper-rational logical process-based, enlightenment-based models. Which anybody who's been at sea level, and I've been at sea level, that's...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...tree-like structure emerges. The diagram is now useful as a map of the whole topic, its critical issues, and the relationships between them. Figure 11 is an example. [Figure 11] Figure 11 A spider diagram of issues in problem solving In all but the most 'blue sky' organisations, constraints are present in terms of cost, time, capacity, environment, manufacturing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...tree trunks. The term microbe also includes Viruses, which you considered in Activity 2. Some microbes perform roles that are beneficial to humanity, including supporting the production of food and medicines (e.g., Saccharomyces cerevisiae and brewing). Other microbes can be harmful, causing infections or disease in animals and plants (e.g., Escherichia coli and food...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...tree and have a good laugh about it’; ‘I’m so worried about having an accident that I’ve now stopped running and switched to home circuits, I really miss going out with my friends’; ‘As long as I stop drinking at lunch time then I know I’ll be fine during training which starts at 7’.]...Session 4: Pelvic floor muscles: out of sight and often overlooked: 2...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Risk management Badge icon
Money & Business

Risk management

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Risk management' digital badge]...Introduction and guidance: How to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...tree, suggests that thermophylic autotrophic microbes dependent on chemosynthesis are the last common ancestor for life on Earth. Therefore life on Earth may well have begun at hot vents. If it did, then it could perhaps have begun with equal ease at hot vents on Europa. An ocean of global extent would not have been necessary for life to begin. Relatively small pools of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...trees, their pavements when you’re trying to work with them and the council to get little day-to-day problems fixed. And then the next minute, you might be in front of a camera or in the House debating something like Iraq, or freedom of information, reform of the House of Lords, a real big national policy issue. NARRATOR: The role of an MP is vital to ensure our...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs