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Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...research and development lack of market ‘pull’ lack of capital for ‘risky’ investments lack of fit with existing organisations regulation consumer acceptance, awareness and practices. The main changes to business models considered necessary for eco-innovations to develop include: using enabling technologies, especially ICT, to help create systemic changes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...research operations to a 'ready for servicing' condition and capture attitude, then the aperture door was closed and high-gain antennas stowed. Astronauts on board a Space Shuttle made five gruelling space-walks to carry out the installation work. Once this was completed and tested, both Hubble and the Shuttle were configured for battery charging. When charged, everything...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...Research has shown that the menopause has a dramatic effect on people’s working lives, with 60% of those experiencing menopause saying that they have changed their working patterns or reduced their working hours in order to cope with their symptoms, and 30% saying that they could not go into work due to symptoms (CIPD, 2022). With women making up 47% of the UK workforce...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Deall datganoli yng Nghymru
Society, Politics & Law

Deall datganoli yng Nghymru

...research-briefings/ sn05897/ (Cyrchwyd ar 21 Mai 2021). Bowers, P. (2016) Wales Bill 2016-17 (Llyfrgell Tŷ’r Cyffredin, Rhif 7617) [Ar-lein]. Ar gael yma https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/ research-briefings/ cbp-7617/ (Cyrchwyd ar 21 Mai 2021). Brocklehurst, S. (2015) ‘EU referendum: Does the wording of the question matter?’, BBC News, 27 Mai[Ar-lein]. Ar gael...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...researching, making, testing), using knowledge (e.g. about things, people, principles), using abilities (e.g. time planning, management), and using sensitivities (e.g. to values, context, markets). It is notoriously difficult to take this further and attempt to define a formula for a process which will lead to successful design. Having said this, in Section 3 I shall...
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...research in the 1920s suggested that many people felt their health improved after drinking Guinness, but nowadays this is attributed to the high iron content of the stout. Pregnant women are now advised not to drink Guinness because of its alcohol content and the dangers of alcohol to the foetus. Can you tell how a beer will taste from its appearance? Taste is dependent...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...research and development, in different variables that increase productivity. Fiat has not been investing in new engines at the same level that Volkswagen has. NARRATOR Low productivity has meant Italian companies have struggled with competition from countries with lower labour costs. In textiles, Italy is a significant exporter but, over the last 20 years, cheap clothes...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...Research Establishment developed a domestic energy model (BREDEM) in the 1990s. This forms the core of the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). Since 2006 this has been the key calculation tool to show compliance with the Building Regulations for houses and flats. It has been through several revisions and the current (2023) version is SAP 2012 (BRE, 2022). Although the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs