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Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...world, and the labels on the blocks tell you what that 'something' is. In this diagram I have chosen to represent people and inanimate objects in different ways. The oval shapes (which are still called 'blocks') represent the users of the communication system. The rectangular blocks represent inanimate objects in the communication system. The lines between the blocks...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting
Money & Business

Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting

...world, the assumption is that we use calculators to avoid the tedious process of working out calculations by hand or mentally. The danger, of course, is that you may use a calculator without understanding what an answer means or how it relates to the numbers that have been used. For example, if you calculate that 10% of £90 is £900 (which can easily happen if either you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...heritage, and with the advent of techniques that enable functional parts to be made, prototypes are becoming ever more functional. Some of the most exciting applications are those for bespoke medical devices. For instance, facial and dental reconstructions created directly from 3D body scans (Figure 4). [Described image] Figure 4 Medical scans make the reconstruction of...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...world, means you have a duty to act responsibly and ethically. You have obligations to the people you will be observing, interviewing, collecting data from or reporting on, just as the researchers whose work you read do. By acting ethically, researchers are treating people with respect and care. By acting ethically, researchers make well-reasoned decisions about their...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...World Down Syndrome Day video in a new tab or window and see if you think it portrays the emotion of happiness. Note your thoughts, including any potential drawbacks, about how well happiness was portrayed in the video. Discussion Music, video and other expressive media can at times arguably be used to express intensity of emotion. There is a cost, for example in terms of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Creative writing and critical reading
History & The Arts

Creative writing and critical reading

...world is as sinister as anything outside. What does this ‘I’, so alone and objective, so acquainted, apparently, with violence, and yet so in need of protection (which in gangland has a specific technical meaning), get up to in the day? What is ‘I’ doing here, what has this I achieved when it’s ‘time to leave’? [...] [The poem’s] resonant first line is...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...worlds and appreciate the need for appropriate professional codes of conduct in this respect...Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere: 1.1 Satellite discoveries - [Figure 1] Figure 1 Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642.(© Science Photo Library) Pisa-born pioneer of the experimental scientific method, Galileo Galilei's analysis of motion paved the way for Isaac Newton's work. He used...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
Forensic psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...world around us and make links between things based on this meaning. This can be very useful when it comes to interpreting what we see and guessing what will happen next, but means order is not necessarily preserved. FalseWell done! We can forget both details and the order in which things happen. In fact, we can be particularly bad at remembering the order of events....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs