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Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...Based on this, try to write one sentence, in order to answer the question ‘What is art?’ Comment Did you find this activity difficult? If so, you are in good company as there is no universally agreed answer to the question, ‘What is art?’ In fact, there are as many different definitions as there are people providing those definitions. Whatever order you placed the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...based on population as opposed to need. This was seen as disadvantaging Wales...Section 1: Designing devolution: 4 The Second Assembly (2003-2007) - The 2003 election saw voter turnout decline from 46% to 38%. Were the voters of Wales becoming less engaged in devolved politics? The first Assembly got off to a rocky start. Attempts to resolve those early challenges would...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...based animals in surviving in this extreme habitat...The extreme challenges of life in the polar regions require the animals who make their habitat there to make many adaptations. This free course, Animals at the extremes: polar biology, explores the polar climate and how animals like reindeer, polar bears, penguins, sea life and even humans manage to survive there. It...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...based in the USA. Activity 1: exploratory Click on the link below to open the document in Networked microsensors and the end of the world as we know it. Read the abstract and keywords (labelled 'index terms'). What do you expect the article to be about? Click on the 'View document' link below to read Shepherd, D. on 'Networked Microsensors and the End of the World As We...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...based industries. How much is that influencing people in the industry, how much is it influencing people in the industry that the Bank of England has said there may be a carbon bubble, we may have all this un-burnable carbon which may lead to a carbon bubble, is this catching on? JB: I think several points. First of all, as you build a portfolio of business, you have to...
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Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...based approach to working with the situation in which you are interested. You are aware of how a systems approach differs from other approaches commonly used in scientific analysis, sociology or business management. In order to get the most out of this course, you need to be familiar with, or at least not worried by, simple mathematics, and recognise some related concepts...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...Based on information from the Scottish Parliament website (n.d)...Week 1: Law making powers of the Scottish Parliament: 3 The Scotland Act 2016 - In September 2014, following a Scottish referendum on independence, the people of Scotland voted to remain part of a United Kingdom. The Scottish Government had campaigned for independence. Following the referendum Lord Smith of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...Based on the features of each microscopy technique (illumination, resolution, sample preparation, and ability to image live cells), which microscope would you choose for each of the experiments and why? Question 1 Your goal is to identify if this protein is found in ribosomes, which have a diameter of around 25 nm. Answer To identify if the protein is localised in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs