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Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...et al © NASA STScl; MERLIN; NASA/CXC/SAO/H. Marshall et al Figure 18: Images of the nearest quasar, 3C 273. (a) An optical (V band) image shows a faint jet of material emerging from the star-like nucleus. The panels show the jet in more detail at (b) optical, (c) radio and (d) X-ray wavelengths. Note that the different colours in panels (b), (c) and (d) represent...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...et al (eds), I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, pp. 2–43. Williams, C.L. (2010) Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era. Chapel Hill: University of North Caroline Press...Session 3: Global war experiences: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Annika Mombauer,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...et al., 2021). From this work, it seems that nuts and tree nuts are the most common cause of death in young adults while cow’s milk is the most common single cause of death in school-aged children. Data from the USA states that those at greatest risk of death are those under 35 years old. Adolescents and children carry a bigger risk as they depend upon others to keep...
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Audio 2 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...et al., 1999) – and all share some basic features: they are ‘iterative’ in the sense that one or more activities are repeated; and they are ‘incremental’ in the sense that software development proceeds from an initial subset of the requirements to more and more complete subsets, until the whole system is addressed. Hence, an iterative and incremental process...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...et exists in many forms: the 'glass ceiling', ageism, racism, and so on. This free course, Economics explains discrimination in the labour market, will help you look at this problem from a new perspective: through economics. You will learn how economists have tried to understand what drives this distortion of the labour market and why women and those from minority ethnic...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...et al. (2002) using historical returns during the period 1900–2000. They showed that, during this period, UK equities achieved mean annual nominal returns of 12.1% compared with 6.1% for UK gilts. Their work also demonstrated how three-month UK Treasury bills yielded, on average, an annual 5.1% in nominal terms over the same period. Therefore, in the past, companies...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...et al., 2007), has extended the basic process model by dividing operations management tasks into three distinct areas: design tasks, planning and control, and improvement. The framework also relates the operations function more closely to market requirements. This helps us understand how the different operations tasks link together. Screencast 1 will help you to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...et al., 1973). It is here that the story of critical criminology begins. It is important to recognise that much of the ‘criminological project’ has been characterised by knowledges developing either in parallel – or in response to – changing social conditions. New knowledges in criminology seldom completely replace old ones. Innovative approaches and ways of...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs