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IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...history. […] Network based life will affect home too. A selection of screens hanging on walls may display works of art, static or moving. Or they may act as virtual fish tanks, or virtual windows looking out onto a Bahamas beach. Or you may have a cup of coffee with a distant friend, with life sized video images. The coffee may well be made and brought to you by a...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...history as if they took place over the course of a single day. MARCUS BADGER: The Earth is around 4.6 billion years old. That’s 4,600,000,000 years. That’s such a huge number that it’s difficult to appreciate how long that really is. If we think about that in terms of a single 24-hour day, then the moon was formed at about seven minutes past midnight. That’s about...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course could encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Learning from sport burnout and overtraining' digital
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...history of manipulating the environment to fit our needs will do. For a fuller discussion I have picked four examples: the Pont du Gard, a beautiful Roman bridge in the south of France; a disposable ballpoint pen; muskets; and the plant for making the chemical ammonia. This set will enlighten us concerning varied aspects of engineers' practice. Apart from their intrinsic...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...history and part of G at another. For example, investment in railways in the 1920s would be categorised as part of private investment (I ), whereas after railway nationalisation in the 1940s such investment would be categorised as part of government spending (G ). Keynes made the point that expenditure by the government on roads was equivalent to private investment in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...family trees while the second (Figure 6) shows who lives in which house. I certainly found that looking at these two diagrams made things a lot clearer for me, in particular the relationships between two different sets of connected things. Of course, these are the ways some chose to represent the situation and the diagrams do not include all the information given in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding mortgages
Money & Business

Understanding mortgages

...family (for example the so-called ‘Bank of Mum & Dad’). Your lender will, in any case, need details of the other funds that you use to supplement the mortgage to buy a property. If you do use the ‘Bank of Mum & Dad’ – or similar sources of funds – the providers will need to confirm in writing that such money is a gift. Without this the lender may assume the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...family to be able to learn how best to discharge the role that you've got. And I think that's the same from any of the, actually, senior positions. Because even one part of the mat is still a significant role. So, you know, I think leadership means you've got to have a very wide view of the world and you can't just stay within your comfort zone. JEAN HARTLEY Really...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs