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Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...becomes public, will help you to make informed judgements about what is (and is not) credible when studying the dynamic boundaries of scientific knowledge. In this light, it is also important to acknowledge that academic practices of openness (Weller, 2014) and engagement (Jensen and Holliman, 2016) are becoming more widespread. Together, they offer additional...
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...students often find the extensive use of mathematics troublesome and some think of mathematics as providing a barrier to understanding. Do not let this happen to you. From the outset, you should regard mathematics as a friend rather than a foe. As the course progresses, you may meet some mathematical ideas that are new to you, or you may need to improve your ability to...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...become full and the printer will need to signal to the computer to stop sending data for a while. The final output from the printer is in one direction only. Figure 2 expands the arrangement of Figure 1 to show a representation of a network where two computers share the services of a printer. Notice how there may now be a need for routing, storing and manipulating data as...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...become torpid, but none is known to do so. One reason might be that substantial changes in body temperature would kill the microbes in the rumen that are essential to digestion. Another possibility is that in ruminants, both storage and membrane lipids contain mostly saturated lipids, which have a higher melting point than unsaturated lipids. Laboratory experiments in...
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...become I suppose a problem as well so then obviously that’s where the technician job is brilliant because I’ve got the holidays … I thought it would be a good place to start because I was well over-qualified for it so it was just a job that I could go and do, and do well to start with. It was within my confidence range and it suited my lifestyle as well. You’ll...
Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...become risk averse; in a position of loss we will tend to take risks to avoid or recover losses. You may know people who are good at using this to their advantage; they exert influence by framing choices so that others will choose the option they prefer. Box 1 gives an example of how framing can affect our recall of relevant ‘facts’. Box 1: The effect of question...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...become more interested in small things, but I remember as a boy, I just always wanted to pick everything up, it didn’t matter what it was, but just pick it up and look at it. What I’m working on now Well we’ve got lots of big things at the moment, I’ve got some TV series running. One of them has been quite a hit actually, it was called Tiger about the House, but...
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...become capable of directing their own behaviour in such a way as to satisfy their internalised standards. Furthermore, they monitor their behaviour against those standards, so that they can feel pride on performing gender role-consistent behaviour, even if there is no explicit external praise.In a study which supported this view of gender development (Bussey and Bandura,...