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Two Yorkish episodes
History & The Arts

Two Yorkish episodes

...communed of my evanescent battle-field," and so keeping on, I got safely to the station with nothing more romantic in my experience than a thrilling apprehension. II I quite forgot Marston Moor in my self-gratulation and my recognition of the civility from every one which had so ineffectively abetted my search. Simple and gentle, how hospitable they had all been to my...
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Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...community in Newry. The signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 marked a turning point for Newry, although evidence of political diversity can still be found in the hanging of Union flags around the nationalist dominated town for the 12th of July. Indeed, another aspect of competing identities in Newry can be found in the hanging of flags of a different type. Until...
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Article 15 mins
Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...communicate and teach each other. They can navigate their way around our world and be linked to extremely powerful computers that will give them a processing capacity well beyond that of humans. How did scientists develop the technology to produce AI machines? Mankind has always been fascinated by how the mind works and fascinated by the idea of creating intelligent...
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Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...community advisor who will provide support to learners during the course and will provide check-ins at key points throughout the course. Learners can chat together on the course forum, where the advisor will answer questions about the language and other Ukraine-related topics...Building on the experience developed since the launch of the Open Centre for Languages and...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...communication between them – verbal, written or physical – was strictly prohibited. Under the separate system, prisoners were locked in solitary cells as much as possible, and were also forbidden to communicate when brought into association for exercise or chapel services. These rules on contact between prisoners meant that forms of mutual instruction or peer learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...community towards a proposed new factory. Statistics is that branch of mathematics that deals with numerical data. Raw numbers are converted into meaningful descriptions such as the percentage of children in a school who pass examinations, or the rate of increase of influenza infections in a city over the winter months. Statistics is also used to make inferences based on...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...community and special interest groups (including those arguing on behalf of future generations and nature) The government, including regulators, tax authorities, local authorities, departments and agencies involved in the development of economic policies Words: 0 Feedback Table 4 The interests and information needs of company stakeholders (Completed) STAKEHOLDERS...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...communication monitoring activities. Generally speaking, all five components must be present, functioning and operating together to conclude that internal control is effective (Arens, Elder and Beasley, 2014). [Described image] Figure 6 The COSO Internal Control Integrated Framework (COSO, 2013b) You will examine each of these components in turn...Corporate fraud and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs