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COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...social interactions so the level of effective contacts fell. Public Health measures, such as lock-downs, restricted access to public amenities and mask-wearing also all reduced the number of effective contacts between individuals. We should also consider the underlying assumption for R0 and RE – that the population is homogeneously mixing. This is obviously a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...social media for activism?: comparing the content of Instagram posts on #blacklivesmatter and #FridaysForFuture during 2020’ What keywords might you use to search for relevant material to help answer this question? Perhaps you’d come up with ideas like “social media”, “activism”, “black lives matter”, “Fridays for future”. As you can see, keywords can...
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Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...interaction, meeting and ultimately all our social systems through conversation and shared meaning-making. According to David Cooperrider, founder of the AI approach: ‘We live in worlds our conversations create’ (Cooperrider, 2021). Think about a time you had a conversation with someone who listened with their full attention and brought time, focus, new ideas and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...social media campaigns? As a research statement, it becomes: The consumers’ response to digital marketing and social media campaigns. To what extent do wage increases affect employees’ productivity? As a research statement, it becomes: An exploration of how wage increases affect employees’ productivity. These research questions are very different to each other, but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...interact with the growing published academic and professional literature on the subject...Software development is the practice of organising the design and construction of software, the beating heart of much technology fundamental to our personal and professional life. This free introductory course, An introduction to software development, discusses the engineering nature...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...interacts with the model is called the interface. It hides the detailed workings of the model from the user. The interface sits between the user and the layer at which the model is implemented. The latter is responsible for making the model do what it is supposed to do. This is where the automation of the model takes place...Introduction to computational thinking: 2.3...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...interacting with the audience on the street and the people, the masses’ (Faile, artists’ collective, cited in Lewisohn, 2008, p. 15). The wider popular appeal of some types of graffiti is often linked to how innovative, entertaining, surprising, acceptable or relevant the messages graffiti convey are perceived to be by a wider audience. Many of Banksy’s graffiti...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Leadership: external context and culture
Education & Development

Leadership: external context and culture

...social group. The following activites will help you to focus on societal culture more closely. Activity 1 Timing: Allow up to 30 minutes Watch the film clip below, which is commenting on aspects of education in Singapore. As you watch, make notes on what it says about the societal culture in Singapore. You need to be aware that the narration on all the video clips has a...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs