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The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...students of science, technology, mathematics and engineering. Packed with practical exercises and activities, all aimed at making studying more enjoyable and rewarding. Lots of hints and tips for those returning to study. Selinger B., Chemistry in the Marketplace, 5th edn., Harcourt Brace, 1998 ISBN 0 7295 3300 X. An excellent and informative reference source for all...
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Article 10 mins
Decolonising computing?
Digital & Computing

Decolonising computing?

...Students – Cultures of Computing, 22(4), pp. 16–21. Ali, S.M. (2014) ‘Towards a Decolonial Computing’ in Buchanan, E.A., de Laat, P.B., Tavani, H.T. and Klucarich, J. (eds) Ambiguous Technologies: Philosophical issues, Practical Solutions, Human Nature: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computer Ethics – Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2013)....
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Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...become a team? The example in Box 1 illustrates the difference very simply. Box 1 Group or team? A number of people kicking a football about in the car park at lunch time is probably a group. There is little structure to what is happening; it is just a few people acting in whatever role they choose (or possibly several) because they want to get some exercise and/or they...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...students gained distinctions, six gained Grade 2 passes, one a Grade 3 pass, one a Grade 4 pass and the other four students withdrew during the course. Draw a pie chart to represent these data. Answer First, calculate how many students there were altogether: 4 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 16 students. Divide the pie into 16 equal slices and mark the correct number of slices for each...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...become miniatures of an exceptionally concentrated kind. Their characteristic distillation of the emotional essence of a poem illustrates Romanticism at its most intimate. Schubert's Lieder, once they became widely known, influenced succeeding generations of songwriters through to the present day. A selection of Schubert's settings of Goethe's poems is discussed in this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...becoming a Premier footballer, as he was rejected initially by the Arsenal Academy and then sold by Arsenal after two appearances. He overcame this by dropping down a league and then working hard to gain promotion with Birmingham City. Thirdly, the largest obstacle was his cardiac arrest due to a congenital heart condition. Anyone who has had to retire from the sport they...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...become a label that unhelpfully ‘sticks’ to people, prejudicing how they are treated by services and limiting the opportunities available to them. As Ben highlighted in the example he gave from his own practice, practitioners need to engage with the person and their needs and take a reflective and critical perspective with regards to labels that have been previously...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...become institutions as they become established and recognised as standing for something more than themselves; they come to embody and express important social norms and values. This can perhaps be seen most obviously in a global context, with organisations such as the World Bank or the United Nations. But it is no less true at a local level where, for example, a school...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs