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Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)
Education & Development

Inclusive education: knowing what we mean (Wales)

...thinking. You will also think about barriers to inclusion and the difference between integration and inclusion. In addition, you will consider some of the key documents, such as the Salamanca Statement and the Additional Learning Needs Code, that underpin current thinking in this area. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...system of simple equations or perhaps quite complex equations into a computer programme and you can then set the programme to go to watch the interplay of the various factors that you’ve teased out as being important. So, for example, if you were trying to understand how the planets in the solar system move, then you would need to put in a mathematical description of...
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Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...systems to be protected. Activity 1 Think of an organisation you know and the sort of information it may hold for business purposes. What are the particular responsibilities involved in keeping that information confidential? Answer Any sizeable organisation has information that needs to be kept secure, even if it is limited to details of the employees and the payroll. I...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...systems. Sustainable campus initiatives Most HE institutions have established sustainability policies to manage campus buildings and site operations, for example, regarding building construction and operations, procurement processes, information and communication technologies (ICT) systems efficiency, pollution control, water and waste management, and campus design and...
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Our sense of balance
Science, Maths & Technology

Our sense of balance

...system. Information from the vestibular system is proprioceptive in character. This means that it deals with sensory events arising from within the body rather than exteroceptive events (sensory events that occur outside the body). Our sense of balance arises from the proprioceptive system as a whole which includes sensory receptors located within muscles and joints as...
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Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...systems. The process of globalisation has disseminated free market capitalist orthodoxy – generally allied to democratic systems of government – throughout the world. With these processes has come growth in the environmental and social movements. Conventions on climate change, biodiversity and trade agreements, shaped by, among others, global rather than national...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Direct metal deposition (DMD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Direct metal deposition (DMD)

...system to form a raised portion of material. To create the desired geometry, the substrate is manipulated using a computer-controlled positioning system. Gas and material are fed into the path of a heat source. Material feed angle can be altered to influence the build characteristics. A feed angle of 0° benefits design and manufacturing flexibility due to the...
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Celebrating festivals from the past and present
History & The Arts

Celebrating festivals from the past and present

...think about ‘festivals’? Tents, muddy wellies, Woodstock, peace and love and alternative music, perhaps? Glastonbury might be synonymous with large tents, stages and sound systems built to weather the most tempestuous storms, but as a medieval town in southwest England, its history is far richer. Music festivals have certainly gained popularity in recent decades, but...
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