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Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...composite material which has more useful properties than either of its constituents. [Figure 44] Figure 44 Microstructure of a WC/Co hard metal tool Finally, ceramic tools usually consist of aluminium oxide (Al2O3), sometimes with small additions of magnesium oxide (MgO). They are also made from blended powders using the sintering process. These tools retain good strength...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...du Mont Cosmos); © sololos/iStockphoto,com; A. Fujii/ESA; NASA APOD/© Matthew Spinelli / Illustrations: NASA/HubbleSource/U.S. Naval Observatory Library / Audio: Book of Secrets © David O’Brien in AudioNetwork.com 1.2.2 Orion in 3D: Video: courtesy NASA Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Liquidity management
Money & Business

Liquidity management

...composition of the investment portfolio requires care when considering both its maturity profile and its marketability. Care should also be taken with the credit quality of the assets held. Indeed, many organisations will not invest their liquid assets in bonds with less than an AA long-term rating. We will learn more about credit ratings later. Liquid assets should not...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Business ethics
History & The Arts

Business ethics

...composite mental state like that? The basic unit of action is an individual human being. So there’s a sense in which a chief executive can act and get people to act because he or she is very powerful, but that’s not a corporation acting. Alex: That’s true; there are actions on the part of individuals. But I think there’s also a sense in which they add up to...
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Audio 15 mins
Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...composition of the labour force and in sections of the economy. Further, a shift in the balance of workplace power towards owners and managers, and an increasing and widening pattern of disputes in the public sector in Scotland has become more marked since the 1980s. Alongside these shifts, UK government cuts in public service provision, service withdrawal, assorted forms...
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Article 10 mins
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...du Gard, a beautiful Roman bridge in the south of France; a disposable ballpoint pen; muskets; and the plant for making the chemical ammonia. This set will enlighten us concerning varied aspects of engineers' practice. Apart from their intrinsic interest, the four case studies demonstrate the distinction between one-off engineering solutions and mass-produced...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...du Louvre, Paris, MI469. Photo: © RMN/Jean-Gilles Berizzi. These three huge paintings were of a size and subject matter to warrant display in a public place as a commemoration of a famous victory and stimulus to Florentine patriotism. In fact, paintings of comparable secular subjects had been produced over a century earlier for precisely these motives, so the subject...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...du ein Nest mit goldenen Eiern finden; dies ist dein, brauche es wohl!„ Als Knappe am Morgen erwachte, erinnerte er sich des Traumes und ging hinaus in den Wald, das Nest mit den goldenen Eiern auszunehmen. Bald hatte er die Tanne […] gefunden und kletterte rasch in ihren Ästen bis in den höchsten Wipfel hinauf, fand aber nichts. Traurig, daß ihn der Traum...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs