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Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...Mathematics. The work that he did during the 1665/66 winter became the basis for Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), which was first published in 1687. The importance of Newton's work cannot be overestimated, and it is no exaggeration to regard 1665/66 as the beginning of the modern world. The mysterious,...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting female performance in sport and fitness

...Podcast at the link below where Eilish McColgan explains how her performance can be affected by the different stages of her menstrual cycle. Then answer the following questions: How has Eilish’s performance been affected by her menstrual cycle? What symptoms did she experience? Eilish McColgan: listen from 24:38 (‘So also on this podcast we like to talk about the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...podcasts called Open Politics produced by POLIS on topics such as human trafficking, security, performance of politics, politics of asylum, citizenship and other...Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT): Acknowledgements - Cover image: Nicolas Raymond in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...podcasts. Thanks for listening. House of Commons...The law-making process in England and Wales: House of Lords - Members of the House of Lords are not elected and are made up of peers, who have been appointed by the House of Lords Appointment Commission (HLAC), and life peers. The HLAC is an independent body which was established by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...mathematical relationship between the two variables. So, for example, it might be that when my waistline increased by 2 cm, I was 1 kg heavier. If I just gave you the data for my waistline over a year, and my starting weight, you could derive values for my weight over the whole year. This makes my waistline a proxy for my weight. If I then told you that I tended to eat...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...Mathematics Education (CAME)’, or something generic like the ‘Thinking Together’ project about language as a tool for learning and problem solving. You may have struggled to come up with a specific project, but the chances are that you know about and understand some important ideas, such as Assessment for Learning, which emerged from research and have now become...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...mathematical terms, the likelihood that a particular event will happen. Risk assessments are generally concerned with the probability of something bad happening (the risk that a component will fail, for example), but probability can equally well apply to positive events or outcomes. Before looking at the rest of this material, you need to take note of two important...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to exoplanets Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

...Mathematically, divide the mass of Saturn by the mass of Jupiter and the answer is the number of Jupiter masses in Saturn. So: multiline equation row 1 mass of Saturn equation left hand side equals right hand side 5.68 multiplication 10 super 26 normal k times normal g divided by 1.90 multiplication 10 super 27 normal k times normal g normal cap m sub normal cap j row 2...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs