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Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...out the work. Many argue that exposing these assumptions to open and critical public scrutiny will lead to more rigorous science. (POST, 2002) Activity 1 With these hopes in mind, which of the following do you think is a legitimate aim for dialogue, in advance of policy making? Are there factors that you feel are missing from the list? To decide whether particular...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...should find that the temperature in February in Antarctica is about −40 °C. To work out a representative value for the temperature for each month, an average is used to give an idea of a ‘typical’ or expected value. There are different ways of expressing an average value but the most common is the mean (which is often referred to as the average, as done here). The average (or mean) is obtained by adding up all the values of......
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...out taking medication. Scientists, drug companies and lawmakers grew reluctant to allow pregnant women ­– and even women who were merely of childbearing age – to participate in drug trials. Subsequent regulations designated pregnant women a ‘vulnerable population’ that could participate in clinical research only under limited circumstances. On the face of it,...
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Article 15 mins
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...out how you can help shape digital health. Video 1 What is digital health? Think about the term ‘digital health and social care technology’ and write down your own definition of this from your own perspective. Discussion Different people will have different definitions that reflect the wider context of digital health and social care. Your definition might have come...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Squares, roots and powers
Science, Maths & Technology

Squares, roots and powers

...out 420 cc, but the only conversion table I have tells me that a litre is one cubic decimetre. (One decimetre is a tenth of a metre.) How many cubic centimetres are there in a litre? Can I use the measuring jug for 420 cc? Answer There is one cubic decimetre in a litre, so 1 litre measures 1 dm × 1 dm × 1 dm (if shaped into a cube). (Note: 1 m = 10 dm = 100 cm.) There...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...out of social practices. What this free course, The social nature of being human, will argue is that the social aspect of human existence is inevitable and ever-present. Even when we are seemingly on our own, we are in the presence of imagined others; and even our most private thoughts or desires are formulated against the background of meanings that are necessarily...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...out the force on a given charge, you can begin by representing all the vectors in component form, as explained in the following box. Then you can use the rules of vector algebra to combine them according to the recipe given in Equation 11. Cartesian components of a vector It is often helpful to describe a vector in terms of its components along three standard directions....
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...out about other people’s. Whether you have no previous experience of Italian or you have already picked up some words and phrases from travelling across Italy, this introduction gives you a chance to start an exciting new learning experience, with a range of activities. This introduction offers the perfect opportunity to develop the skills needed to communicate...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs