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Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...researchers will have their distinctive sources of information and knowledge when they undertake comparisons of education. Each of these actors will use different methods to gather and compare evidence. For instance, practitioners and policy makers may look for very different kinds of evidence of children’s learning: the former may draw on observations of children’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...research into the measurement of innovation used by organisations. For instance, Schumpeter’s definition has been used by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to set out the Oslo Manuals to inform innovation policy (OECD, 2005; OECD/Eurostat 2018). The innovation process is defined, based on the OECD/Eurostat report (2018), as the process by...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Particle physics
Science, Maths & Technology

Particle physics

...researchers were working on theories to explain strong interaction symmetry in particle physics. These were Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig. These scientists proposed that the properties of hadrons (more on these in the next section) could be explained if they were composed of smaller constituents. What is known now to be quarks! Figure 1 Murray Gell-Mann (left) and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...research Data entry and handling Using social media/networking Problem solving Understanding your digital carbon footprint User experience design, and digital design Coding Programming, web, and app development SEO, SEM, and content creation Data science, analysis, and visualisation Digital learning and development Digital project and product management Digital marketing...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...research, I have learned of only one large-scale complex society that achieved a measure of continuity by simplifying and reducing costs. It is disconcerting to realise that while many people advocate simplification, there is only one society that actually achieved it on a planned basis. The others either grew in complexity and costliness or collapsed. The second point is...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...research and development spending and the rise in investments in business capital, including computers. Such investments, argue the optimists, should allow productivity to keep growing. Pessimists, such as the US economist R.J. Gordon, claim that recent productivity gains have been only cyclical, that is, a result of the fact that the US economy has been experiencing a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...research has shown that the population is declining by 6% per year. These intelligent animals are increasingly vulnerable to threats like overfishing, getting tangled in nets, and pollution. But if you don't have an expensive camera or specialist training, don't despair. Monitoring dolphins is something that anyone can do. Here at Chanonry Point, we're a little bit...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...researching and deciding on brand, product and technology. Related to this are the benefits the customer may receive from purchasing this television such as high definition, being able to watch 3D programmes, being the envy of their friends etc. If the benefits outweigh the cost, the purchase would have ‘added value’ for the customer.. In marketing, all organisations...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs