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Introduction to finite element analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to finite element analysis

...systems. Finite element analysis (FEA) is an indispensable software tool in engineering design, and indeed in many other fields of science and technology. In this course you will be introduced to the essence of FEA; what is it and why do we carry out FEA? As an example of its use, we will look briefly at the case of finite element analysis of the tub of a racing car....
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...systems. Activities should provide an introduction to: reviewing education for students aged 3–19 years as it is realised today across global contexts identifying drivers for change in education. Week 1 activity planner ACTIVITY DETAILS TIME 1 Read the Education in numbers infographic and consider reflection points. 30 minutes 2 Watch the video RSA Animate: Changing...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...system, and use common terminology to describe these components...Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century: 1 Computers: From novelty to commonplace - [Timings. This is the first section of this unit. It should take you around one hour to complete.] The theme of this section is the development of digital technologies, from the physically large and highly...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...systems, education systems (particularly the university sector), banking and finance, and national, regional and pan-national political and governmental systems and situations (e.g. the EU, OECD, etc.). This course begins by explaining the genesis of the capabilities approach – which lies in the resource-based view (RBV) of organisations – before moving on to discuss...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...system, then villagers could drink contaminated water. If they are used for irrigation, then crops could be contaminated. b. The phosphogypsum waste would have to be analysed to determine the separate components in the mixture. Each of these components would have to undergo laboratory tests to determine whether they are taken up by animal tissues and what effect they have...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...systems should create opportunities for citizens to help shape decision about health-care, and that citizens should take them up. Volunteering suffers from similar definitional uncertainty but one excellent overview places it within “a cluster of ‘helping’ activities”. It is this subtle distinction between an empowered and change-oriented model of participation,...
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Article 10 mins
Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...system. Around my mid-forties, I was a successful senior manager in mental health social work and then in charities across adult services. I also taught for The Open University and delighted in the variety of my work, which included teaching, practice tutor roles and delivering residential schools, which were large, a real thrill and great fun. Gradually, despite enjoying...
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Article 5 mins
How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?

...systems with drugs leaves cancer cells with no way of repairing DNA damage, so they die. Transcript As we’ve written about on the Cancer Research UK blog, this idea forms the basis of an entirely new class of drugs for treating cancer, known as PARP inhibitors. PARP – or poly-ADP ribose polymerase, to give it its full name – is a protein found in all our cells, and...
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Article 5 mins