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Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...University’s Employability Framework (summarised in the elements noted in the image above and short video) to ensure that you have opportunities to gain skills that are of wider use to you beyond the MA. The process of PDP can help you manage your goals, reflect on your learning and skill development and prepare to share with others what you have achieved. If you are...
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What was The Schlieffen Plan?
History & The Arts

What was The Schlieffen Plan?

...University's BA (Honours) History qualification. [Alfred Von Schlieffen] Alfred von Schlieffen, pictured in 1906 Schlieffen’s idea was perfected in the winter of 1905 when, as a result of the Russo-Japanese war, Russia was eliminated as a serious threat to the European status quo for the foreseeable future. It would first of all have to recover from a lost war and from...
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International Jazz Day
Miscellaneous

International Jazz Day

...University's Music qualifications. The designation of April as Jazz Appreciation Month began in 2002 under the auspices of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Back then, posters proclaimed the slogan ‘Jazz. Made in America. Enjoyed Worldwide.’. In 2005, this was altered to become ‘Jazz. Born in America. Enjoyed Worldwide.’, a subtle shift in...
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Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...University's Arts and Humanities courses [Le Corbusier] Date: (1887 - 1965) Nationality: Swiss Famous Buildings: L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion (Paris) Villa Savoye (Poissy) Unité d'Habitation (Marseilles) L'Esprit Nouveau Le Corbusier is without doubt the most influential, most admired, and most maligned architect of the twentieth century. Through his writing and his...
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Gravity die casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Gravity die casting

...University's Science courses and qualifications [Image of die and cores (where applicable) sprayed with mould coat.] 1. Die and cores (where applicable) sprayed with mould coat. Mould heated using gas burners and die lubricant sprayed on. [Image of die parts assembled and clamped, and metal poured into runner.] 2. Die parts assembled and clamped, and metal poured into...
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Gas shielded arc welding processes (TIG/MIG/MAG)
Science, Maths & Technology

Gas shielded arc welding processes (TIG/MIG/MAG)

...University's Science courses and qualifications The principles of the TIG welding torch [Images to demonstrate 'Gas shielded arc welding processes (TIG/MIG/MAG)' - see article ] Tungsten inert gas welding (TIG) is an arc welding process, which uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode, shrouded by a protective atmosphere of inert gas, such as argon or helium. The extra...
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Freedom of speech
History & The Arts

Freedom of speech

...University's Philosophy courses and qualifications [Political banner promoting free speech (US)] The pros and cons There are good reasons to preserve freedom of speech – the case is made with formidable power in John Stuart Mill’s classic text, On Liberty (1859). In a society in which speech is free, there will be an interchange of ideas, truths that damage those in...
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Sand casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Sand casting

...University's Science courses and qualifications [ Sectional view of a casting mould] Machine moulded In modern foundries, moulds of small and medium sizes are prepared by machines. For mass-production, match-plate patterns are used with the cope pattern attached to an aluminium plate and the drag pattern on the other side of the plate. The plate fits between cope and...
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