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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
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
Understanding musical scores
History & The Arts

Understanding musical scores

...simple melodies to understand more about how to follow single lines of music in a score. Even if you don’t read music, you can get an idea of what rhythm patterns look like by the shape of the notes. As a general rule, the blacker the notes look and the more densely they occupy the space of the bar, the faster the notes in relation to the beat. The more open and white...
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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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Article 5 mins
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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Article 10 mins
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
Homeless people could avoid life-saving services, if there’s a risk of deportation
Society, Politics & Law

Homeless people could avoid life-saving services, if there’s a risk of deportation

...simple app comes from a twin desire to save homeless people and to hide them from view. Seeing someone sleeping in the snow raises uncomfortable questions about British society today which must be acknowledged – then addressed head-on. It’s not enough to send a text and continue walking. The UK is a democracy. Its policies rely on the taxes and mandate of the...
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Article 5 mins
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...simple matter. Behind the bunny logo hover far bigger issues: changing social relations between adults and children, shifts to more 'democratic' family structures; differentiated employment opportunities for women in the service and leisure industries, shaped by longer histories of class privilege and disadvantage; new ways for people to refuse to do what they are told....
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Article 10 mins