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Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...article by Herminia Ibarra (2004). This research explores how people manage and negotiate transitions such as career changes. During the early stages there is a phase of imagining, exploring options and ‘trying out’ potential new identities. The transition phase often entails conflicting feelings and a sense of being in-between different identities, and this is also...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...et al., 2017) so when we look at decisions such as numbers of police needed we are missing most of the workload. Thirdly, it does not usually tell us when or where officers are needed. The next section looks at an alternative way of understanding patterns in crime...Capacity and demand management: 2 Crime pattern theory - Criminologists can look at why crimes occur and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...et al (eds) (2004) Designing a More Inclusive World, Springer-Verlag. Myerson, J. (2001) IDEO: Masters of Innovation, New York, te Neues Publishing Company. Noyes, J. (2001) Designing for Humans (Psychology at Work), Psychology Press. Papanek, V. (1983) Design for Human Scale, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold. Ulrich, K. T. and Eppinger, S. D. (1995) Product Design and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...Article 1 of which requires that States shall protect the existence and the national or ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic identity of minorities within their respective territories and shall encourage conditions for the promotion of that identity. States shall adopt appropriate legislative and other measures to achieve those ends...Gaelic in modern Scotland:...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...articles on many topics. They collect information, organise their thoughts, and then write a story. NLG operates in a similar fashion, but it is a system that processes data and weaves it into a narrative, be it a financial summary, a weather forecast, or a product description. Advancing further, we encounter Large Language Models, or LLMs, which represent a more...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...articles should not be over long. Research papers: an academic paper might address people within a particular field or profession. If they are professional peers you can assume they know the jargon and terminology common to that field. They may also expect the paper to be written in an academic style and at length. Web pages: these readers may have a general interest, a...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...articles or reviews, chosen carefully, can be a useful extra up-to-date source for some courses. Of course, there are many more sources available to you through libraries or the internet. Your course materials may also provide reading lists. If you have time to undertake further research, that's fine and is good academic practice. Certainly you will not lose marks if you...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...et al. (1986). Once the problem is defined, the members of the group independently and silently write down as many ideas as possible over a set period of time (typically an hour or so). Then the group comes together in order to discuss the ideas. As with brainstorming, criticism and debate are discouraged although members can ask for clarification of ideas. In the next...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs