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Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...liquid into beer filtering the beer to remove the spent yeast decanting the beer into casks or bottles. [Figure 2] Figure 2 Macro and micro operations Activity 5 Identify the principal resources (inputs), the type of transformation process and the principal outputs (goods or services) in each of the following operations. INPUTS TYPE OF TRANSFORMATION OUTPUTS Refining...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...liquid, present in coal-tar, which used to be widely used as a solvent by chemists until it was discovered just how poisonous it is. Nowadays benzene is a product of the petrochemical industry. Activity 1 1. Make a model of a benzene molecule, 2.2, with your model kit. What do you notice about the model that makes it different to all the previous molecular models that you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...solid waste, and – in the case of many organisations – the end product itself (e.g. a manufactured item). Even this very simple activity should convey some sense of the complexity of environmental management facing most organisations. Making sense of the inputs and outputs of an organisation is often done with reference to environmental impacts. But ‘impacts’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...solid pro-Brexit majorities. Only Scotland (62%), Northern Ireland (55.8%), and a few English and Welsh sub-regions (including South Cambridgeshire and St Albans) and several big cities (including Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle) voted to Remain. The vote for Brexit can only be understood in the context of the UK’s reshaping and redefinition over...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...solid base of loyal consumers who continuously buy its products. Providing legal protection Brands also offer an organisation legal protection over what it produces, through registered trademarks, patents and copyrights, and so contribute to the organisation’s competitive advantage. In product packages the trademark and the symbol ® are often seen. Some examples of...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...liquid, gaseous and solid wastes from different parts of the fuel cycle can be classed as low-level waste. These items share low activity and low heat production: in fact, the heat produced in them is negligible. Although low-level wastes require isolation and containment for a few hundred years, they can be stored at facilities near the surface with limited regulation....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...solid sea walls and left undefended the saltmarsh on the seaward side of the walls. This has resulted in the progressive erosion of the saltmarshes, thereby threatening the species that depend on these areas for their livelihood. People have also created ‘softer’ forms of coastal defence, such as brushwood polders for breaking waves. Coastal realignment, however, is a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...liquidated. Although less risky than shares, bonds are riskier than savings accounts. This is because with savings products typically the amount of capital you receive back is fixed – if you deposit £100, you get £100 back. With a bond, the amount paid back on maturity is also fixed (but may be more or less than the amount paid for the bond). However, if the bond is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs