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IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...family's radio to the mains electricity supply (I was born before the days of battery-powered transistor radios) and I couldn't understand why my parents referred to it as 'the wireless' – since clearly it wasn't. I now know that the wire simply fed the radio with the electrical power it needed. The radio signals were picked up by a special electrical conductor called...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...history in other countries, such as Australia. These ceremonies are an example of a performance carried out by individual citizens that contributes to producing and reproducing the state and to creating a particular idea of the state. A key element of this idea is the link between the state and a nation defined by its territory and people. One of the most famous...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...families with 0, 1, 2 or more children. A bar chart could also be used to show how many people in one area use each of the different modes of transport to get to work. Bar charts are very useful for comparing two or more sets of data, as you will see later. For example, the popularity of different modes of transport in two cities, or from one year to the next...More...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: what can you do?

...History of Thought and Practice. As you read, make notes about and consider: What ideas associated with grassroots leadership are also evident in other leadership models? In what ways do you think that practitioners can act as grassroot leaders within a school context? Discussion The following ideas that arise within a model of grassroots leadership are also associated...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...families. Tesco will be judged on its success in terms of its volume of sales and what this represents in terms of profit. By taking a very different example, such as a hospital, then you can see that the situation is more complex. Certainly, a hospital exists to meet the needs of its customers, or more accurately its patients, but how is success judged? Tesco might...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Collective leadership
Money & Business

Collective leadership

...history. The scene was set in Plato's Republic, which focused on the exceptional leader-- qualified, respected, and admired. And it's an approach that's continued to this day with companies using psychometric tests to recruit the most suitable individual to lead. But this individualistic approach has been described by Alvesson and Sveningsson as narrow and leader-centric....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...family. Starting during his first months in his relation to both parents, he builds up working models of how attachment figures are likely to behave towards him in any of a variety of situations, and on all those models are based all his expectations, and therefore all his plans, for the rest of his life.” Bowlby (1973, p.369) Thus, in typically bold fashion, Bowlby set...
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Article 10 mins
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...family business in Chinese culture, especially when “one-child” policy is in practice. Not only do Chinese parents get involved in their children’s education, but they also take responsibility for their children’s academic success. They believe that they have the obligations and responsibilities to help build their children’s success in education. They take...
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Article 10 mins