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Jack Perks - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Jack Perks - Earth in Vision

...simple things, you know, not using as much water, maybe taking your own plastic bag, just little simple things that anyone can do, if you can get these messages across on large platforms it’s only going to help the environment. Environmental films: Are they bad box-office? I would agree, I would say that a lot of these programmes with a heavy environmental message, like...
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Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...simple and more complex shapes – if you’ve ever decorated a room you will be familiar with these skills already. It’s important to be able to work out area and perimeter accurately to ensure you buy enough of each material (but not too much to avoid wastage). Once your room is beautifully decorated, you’re going to need to plan the best layout for your furniture...
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Free course 48 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...Simple models of demand break down the total demand into four components: Long-term growth or decline patterns Demand is rarely completely stable. We often find that some types of demand are undergoing growth and others have significant declines over time. There can be “life-cycle” models of demand where demand for something grows, stabilises and later falls again....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...simple mechanical principles, that needs to be fuelled and that uses up this fuel as it is driven harder. [Figure 1] Figure 1 A car with a central engine and a body with a central heart The car in the figure above has an engine at its centre and the body has a heart. In both cases there are many moving parts. For the car, the movement is performed by hydraulics, gears and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...simple products. All people studying this course will have some experience of designs that are not usable (perhaps mobile phones or car controls). This course provides you with an introduction to the principles and procedures of design usability through the critical evaluation of selected products. Taking everyday examples, it develops students’ confidence and skills in...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism
History & The Arts

Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism

...simple desire to get away from home and has served as a mechanism for travel and tourism as well as for faith. Pilgrims’ progress In earlier eras, pilgrimage was often the only way people could travel. In pre-modern Japan, for instance, permits to travel beyond one’s region were only issued in order to take part in pilgrimages to well-known but distant religious...
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Brexit: an economic strategy from the left?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: an economic strategy from the left?

...simple message for Labour on Brexit: you can’t be anti-austerity and pro-Brexit. Their ‘cake and eat it’ approach – believing we can secure a bespoke deal between the UK and the EU – will fail to materialise and this will be their undoing. My hope remains that the historic mistake to leave the EU can be reversed through a ratification referendum on the final...
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Explainer: how hostile is space?
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: how hostile is space?

...simple sensors on board the device. Small meteorite impacts are hard to predict but remain rare. What causes the most damage is the the constant flux of radiation in the form of high energy particles. These particles cause permanent damage to electronics, which causes them to become unreliable over time and eventually fail. There are three main radiation sources in space....
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Article 15 mins