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In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...world. Because they are easily recognisable patterns, people have used the night sky for navigation when no landmarks were available. Celestial navigation has helped sea captains for centuries, and also aircraft pilots during the early days of aviation. The Plough (or the Big Dipper) is part of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. It can be used to locate the ‘Pole star’ (or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...world, although many of the ‘locks’ and other countermeasures take a different form...Network security: 3.2 Important terminology and information for making the most of this section - Before we move on to consider specific issues of network security, I need to introduce some important terms that I shall use when describing how data is stored, processed or transmitted...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol

...world by 2025’, yn y World Economic Forum, a ysgrifennwyd fis Mehefin 2020, yn ystod pandemig COVID-19, yn rhoi cipolwg ar y dechnoleg a all fod angen i ni ei deall ac ymgysylltu â hi eisoes, a hynny yn ein bywydau personol a'n bywydau proffesiynol (World Economic Forum, 2020). Mae buddion anfwriadol i'r amgylchedd yn ystod cyfnod clo pandemig COVID-19 'oherwydd...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...world. For more information, go to www.imf.org/ external/ about.htm. Treasury bills can be considered to be the safest investments available on the international capital markets, given the credit-worthiness of (most) governments, their short-term nature and the fact that they can be easily bought and sold. As you saw in earlier, the returns offered on investments include...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...world, 1789–1914...National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how the concepts of ‘nation’ and ‘nationalism’ emerged during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries understand the processes that led to the formation of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...world and are dealing with real-world problems! We all want things to be sorted around here, but we need to do it properly! We definitely do not want to make things worse.’ New ideas about policing and approaches to dealing with challenging situations emerge all the time. While there is a real benefit to home-grown innovation, it is also important to learn from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...World of Nat King Cole 02:56 6 ‘Fiddle Blast’ Aly Bain, Jenna Reid, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Stuart Duncan Transatlantic Sessions 4: Volume 1 04:53 Be sure to work with the correct versions of the songs, some of which exist in different versions or have been recorded by more than one performer. You can confirm that you are working with the right recordings by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...world. The danger is that the ‘research’ will be distorted to serve the assumption and will therefore have little value. Research should step back to ask a general question without assuming outcomes so the evidence can speak. Asking why the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is not working assumes that it is not. The starting point should be...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs