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An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...trouble in interpreting the calculations and stats about their timings and speed. However, both do appear to struggle, from time to time, to use the controls on the interface, either through not seeing information properly or from their fingers slipping on the touchscreen. But there is more to users than their innate capabilities: their background and experience also...
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...trouble. For a start, there's little obvious agreement on a definition. A Google search I carried out yielded – after discounting special meanings, such as 'spying' – ten or more competing definitions, among them: the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience a general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems,...
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...troubles, and who identify the Greek response to Alexander’s seizure of Helen as marking the critical escalation in hostilities. They (they say) are not to blame; on the contrary, they are so fair-minded as to acknowledge that Europe belongs to the Greeks – so long as they (the Persians) have power over all the communities, Greek and otherwise, in Asia. Being alert to...
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...troubles have receded into history. They want an administration that will work for them in the here and now, whatever happened in the past. On that score, Stormont has had a patchy record. On the upside, local politicians have leveraged extra money for the justice system. They’ve also delayed water charges, held down the rates, and unemployment is well below the UK...
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Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...trouble and unable to repay the car loan. Sensible borrowing?] Case study 3 [I’m buying a house. It costs £250,000. I had £25,000 in savings for a deposit, but the maximum mortgage the building society would give me was £200,000. To cover the difference I went online and borrowed the other £25,000 I needed through a 5-year bank loan. Sensible borrowing?] Case study...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...troubled by the presence of other children, by the physical environment of the school, or in other ways. Parents in this situation may be surprised and shocked that autism is suggested as a possible basis for their child’s difficulties. Some individuals are well into adulthood, feeling perhaps different from others, but not knowing why, before they are formally...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...troubled me as a lawyer and it really should trouble all of us for whom this stuff is important. So how did we let the law get into this state? What virus has infected our beautiful operating system? Well look, a number of reasons. I suppose you might start with volume. There are maybe 50 million words of law, of statute law, like this in force right now, 50 million....
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...troubles 29 25 Outstanding personal achievement 28 26 Spouse beginning or ceasing work outside the home 26 27 Beginning or ceasing formal schooling 26 28 Major change in living condition (new home, home improvements, deterioration of neighbourhood or home, etc.) 25 29 Change to personal habits (dress, quitting smoking) 24 30 Troubles with the boss 23 31 Major changes in...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs