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Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...social sciences investigation or a scientific experiment) are: Why was it done? How was it done? What does it mean? You will need to make some decisions, not only about what to leave out (because it isn't particularly relevant) but also about how to present what you are including to best effect: Do you wish to present your findings in chronological order? Would subject...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...interaction between the Windows operating system and the Intel processor, did the PC break free from IBM's grip on the mainframe computer market. The emergence of IT has created new products, processes and distribution systems. New products include the computer, the internet and digital TV; new processes include internet banking, automated inventory control and automated...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...social or economic impact of a particular ICT system, we will be drawing the boundary very widely indeed but if we want to look at how some subsystem in an ICT system works, then we will be drawing the boundary very tightly around the subsystem...Introducing ICT systems: 2.3 Models of an ICT system - To help me to introduce you to important ideas about ICT systems, I'm...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...interaction between T a, precipitation, relative humidity and wind. A useful classification is that of Meigs (1953), who defined deserts according to aridity (Table 1). The aridity of a desert is determined not just by precipitation but also by the evaporation and transpiration of plants. In order to simplify classification of arid and semi-arid areas, various types of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...social memory, battlefield heritage and landscapes of regret’ in Hanna, S.P. and Del Casino, V.J. (eds) Mapping Tourism, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, pp. 108–131. Johnston, R. and Ripmeester, M. (2007) ‘A monument's work is never done: the Watson monument, memory, and forgetting in a small Canadian city’, International Journal of Heritage Studies,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...interacting individuals in order for natural selection to occur? The three criteria are: there must be phenotypic variation phenotypic variation must be genetically determined (so that it can be inherited) phenotypic variation produces variation in some component of fitness, such as survival or mating success, and is ultimately expressed as differential reproductive...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...interaction with Mark and discuss the difficulties of getting Louise to engage. LISA … and we moved right on to talk about potential move dates. It helped the group enormously getting Mark to think about another aspect of the move instead of going back over the same argument as before. It sounds as though he still has some issues though, so it may be worth thinking...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...interacting in a variety of situations...This free course, Intermediate German: The world of work, concentrates on developing cultural knowledge and practical language skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing and interacting in a variety of situations. The course will be of interest to anyone who wants to improve their language skills in order to communicate more...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs