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Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...working of metals and give the advantages of each...Manufacturing: 1.1 Making a product - In this course you are going to study how designs are turned into products: the resources, materials and methods used; and specifically the set of activities that goes under the heading of 'manufacturing'. Any design is only useful if it can be made into a product. Remember that an...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...working or passes away, the sole trader business will have to be wound up. Unlike many entities, the type and format of financial statements are not specified by regulations for sole traders in the UK. However, sole traders would normally prepare basic financial statements adequate for taxation purposes, as well as for their own needs. You will look at these in more...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...work this out, but by having a go, we may begin to understand more about our own fears and phobias. Darwin and Fear In his wonderful book 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals', Charles Darwin tries to explain the evolutionary advantage of the reactions we have to various situations, like those of grief, anxiety, helplessness, surprise and fear. He compares...
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Article 15 mins
Sharpening Your Critical Thinking
History & The Arts

Sharpening Your Critical Thinking

...work that out. We might survey tennis experts, or the general public, we might discuss what counts as gracefulness in tennis and examine the footage ourselves, or something else. Perhaps, when we do the research, we’ll decide that the premise is true; or perhaps we won’t. It isn’t obvious whether Your Argument passes the first test. In contrast, My Argument does...
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Article 5 mins
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...work together and with accountants to achieve a coherent view of the organisation’s strategy. For example, the development of a new product may be based on marketing’s projections about demand for features, but its design should also be influenced by cost efficiency which will involve consulting with people responsible for procuring raw materials from suppliers and...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...working muscles with oxygen to supply fuel (via the aerobic energy system) for the length of the climb and prevent fatigue (cardiorespiratory endurance). Muscles will need to continually contract in order to provide propulsion, strength and maintain technique (muscular strength endurance). Using a combination of cardiorespiratory and muscular strength endurance, climbers...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...work with numbers expressed in scientific notation, and use the Windows calculator to perform calculations on these numbers...IT: device to device communication: 1.1 Getting an overview - This section starts with an article from a technical journal – the sort that is read by academics and professionals working in a related technical field. It sets the scene for some of...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...work by Shaw and Garlan: Software architecture encompasses the set of significant decisions about the organization of a software system including the selection of the structural elements and their interfaces by which the system is composed; behaviour as specified in collaboration among those elements; composition of these structural and behavioural elements into larger...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs