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Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...et al., 2019). New buildings In new construction, brick walls can be built with cavities and insulation batts built in. If the building is in an area of driving rain then an air gap may also have to be included. Insulating aerated concrete blockwork can also be used to build the inner leaf (see Figure 15). [Described image] Figure 15 Insulation inserted into the cavity of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...articles of association and, in the UK, need to be registered with Companies House. Franchise – a business in which the owner or franchisor gives a third party (franchisee) the right to use their business name, logo and business model. McDonalds and Subway are well known examples of franchises on the high street. This is one way to start a business which avoids much of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...like her and Nash – people who know the health risks that come with being overweight and work hard to counter them. And it’s likely there will be. Science has already shown that the calorie is broken. Now it has to find a replacement. This article originally appeared on Mosaic under a CC-BY licence Video: The authors discuss the broken calorie on a Google Hangout...
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Video 5 mins
We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...for why machine care should be acceptable to me, I just find the prospect distasteful – for reasons I cannot, rationally, account for. But that’s humanity in a nutshell: irrational. And who will care for the irrational human when they’re old? Care-O-bot, for one; it probably doesn’t discriminate. This article originally appeared in Mosaic under a CC-BY licence...
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Video 15 mins
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...article at the start of this course. This is said to provide the end-user with much of the power that was previously in the hands of professional mapmakers, but it should not lead us to imagine that maps are at last neutral. Decisions still have to be made about the data and compilations, and not all of those decisions are made by us...Why maps are made: 4.1 Understanding...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...article, keeping in mind the following questions: How accurately do you think it predicts the future? Have any of his predictions come true yet? The Future of Everyday Life in 2010 […] By 2010, some of today's industries will be dead, mostly those with 'agent' in the title, replaced by computer programmes running for free. Many tasks in every job will be automated in...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing
Education & Development

Using Turnitin effectively: building integrity into your writing

...articles, websites or textbooks, without proper citation or quotation marks. These blocks often indicate patchwriting, copy-and-paste work, or missing references. Collusion looks different: here the match is usually to a ‘submitted paper’ or another student’s work. Large similarities with another student’s assignment—whether from your course or
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Personal branding for career success Badge icon
Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...articles. Individuals are encouraged to use tried and tested marketing techniques to promote themselves effectively to the world. However, care must be taken to ensure that the process doesn’t go too far, ending with you presenting yourself in an overly polished, corporate way that doesn’t truly represent what you have to offer. Transcript This free badged course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs