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Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...types of evidence in a critical and systematic way will contribute to better decision making processes and improve the quality of outcomes. A real challenge can be that the evidence used is often limited. Key reasons can include: A lack of evidence A lack of a sufficiently diverse range of evidence sources It is not critically appraised for quality and/or relevance. It is...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Ratio, proportion and percentages
Science, Maths & Technology

Ratio, proportion and percentages

...type of problem is that increasing the number of people working decreases the time taken to complete the task. (An obvious exception to this is decision-making in a committee: if two people can reach a decision in an hour, four people are liable to take twice as long!) Such problems can be compared with certain problems involving speed: doubling the number of people...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...types of designation to ensure the marshlands biodiversity is both conserved and enhanced. Click below to view the final video clip in this course. The following clip addresses many of the questions that have been set in the activities of this course. It recognises the need to manage disparate interests and raises the key concept of sustainability as a means of evaluating...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...type of research was this? What is the rationale for treating depression using psilocybin? What did the research involve? What were the main findings of the study? How did the researchers interpret their results? What can you conclude from this study? Are there any strengths or limitations to the research? Does the study have any ethical or legal implications? Do you...
Gofalu am oedolion
Health, Sports & Psychology

Gofalu am oedolion

...Des i nôl ddoe. ANN Ges di gwyliau neis? PAT O, do. Roedd hi'n lyfli. Roedd hi’n heulog pob diwrnod. ANN Gwych. PAT Ie, odd hi’n lyfli. ANN Ac yna rwyt ti'n dod yn ôl i wynebu hyn – TIM Esgusodwch fi, Ann? ANN Ie? TIM Allet ti ddal fy nghwpan ychydig yn agosach ataf, os gweli di'n dda? Mae'n rhy bell. ANN O. Dyna ti. TIM Mae'n ddrwg gen i. PAT Felly mae gen i...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...types of leadership thinking and practice while restricting others. Identity is therefore very important for leadership practice, as it acts as a filter for the kinds of work we regard as legitimate leadership practice. More than many other sectors, voluntary organisations draw on a number of different identities. Most voluntary organisations are an eclectic mix of...
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...de nieuwe telkonst. The calculations of Briggs and Vlacq were the essential basis of all subsequent tables of ‘common logarithms’. The work illustrated is of a later French edition of Vlacq’s shortened (seven-place) trigonometrical tables...John Napier: 6 Spreading the word about logarithms - Another person besides Briggs to recognise immediately the importance of...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...type of visualisations. So now I see people are more exploring figurative, tactile designs, designs that have-- that simulate more nature or more traditional mediums. So maybe this field is becoming more recognisable or more dominant inside of generative art, but I don’t see that abstract or geometric style is going out of style. So basically, it will stay. So this...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs