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Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...research closely linked to development by industry. Box 1 Plastics in Victorian times The use of shellac as a moulding material was pioneered in the 1850s by Samuel Peck and Co. of the USA who added such refinements as the insertion of hinges during the moulding process. Metal inserts into thermoplastic mouldings are commonplace today. Casein made from skimmed milk was an...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...research in the future – for example, you will know which Section of the Act you were discussing your work will be more persuasive – for example, you reference the Section of an Act around which you based your explanation or discussion – but the reader of your work can see your starting point and evidence your reader can find your sources – for example, you have...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...research and surveying of the sea floor – in part because of the amount of submarine activity during the Cold War. What was discovered was a series of strange, symmetrical disturbances in the magnetic field within the rocks on the sea floor. [Described image] Figure 1.13 Sea floor magnetic stripes So, what caused the stripes? The rocks on the sea floor are igneous –...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...research, data led insights. But also, let's not forget, there is a little bit of intuitive experience that we're bringing to bear. We have been through an unprecedented pandemic. Some of the work we've done has not been evidence-based because we've just had to get on and do it. And I think it has given confidence to the balance between trying to go to place everything...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...research (this characterisation of the debate is strongly influenced by Boswell, 1999)...What is heritage?: 3.1 The heritage ‘industry’ - In the late 1980s English academic Robert Hewison coined the phrase ‘heritage industry’ to describe what he considered to be the sanitisation and commercialisation of the version of the past produced as heritage in the UK. He...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...research of Indigenous peoples was carried out in their own environment. In this session, you will consider two contrasting examples of human exhibitions...Session 2: Human ‘zoos’ in the nineteenth century: 2 Sarah Baartman, the ‘Hottentot Venus’ - [A promotional poster which reads: ‘Now exhibiting at No. 225, Piccadilly, the top of the Hay-Market, from twelve...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...research shows that having a sense of belonging is really important for people to become socially and politically involved. This is even more important among minority groups and new migrant groups, either living or arriving in large urban centres, as is the case with Milton Keynes in our case study. ANITA My mum was born in India, but she comes from mixed-race parents....
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...research. Menninger, Karl, Number Words and Number Symbols (MIT Press, 1969; orig. edn. 1958). More full detail of the history of numbers, particularly attentive to linguistic evidence. Neugebauer, Otto, The Exact Sciences in Antiquity (Dover, 1969; orig. edn. 1949).A highly readable account by one of the most eminent of modern historians of the period, van der Waerden,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs