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Two Yorkish episodes
History & The Arts

Two Yorkish episodes

...Simple and gentle, how hospitable they had all been to my vain inquiry, and how delicately they had forborne to visit the stranger with the irony of the average American who is asked anything, especially anything he does not know! I went thinking that the difference was a difference between human nature long mellowed to its conditions, and human nature rasped on its edges...
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Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Nature & Environment

Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities

...Simple as that’, The Guardian, June 27. 2017: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/27/moray-fed-up-with-snp-simple-as-that-scotland-election Geoghegan, P. ‘Northern exposure: Brexit reveals Shetland split’, POLITICO, October 2, 2017: www.politico.eu/article/northern-exposure-brexit-reveals-shetland-split/ McKenna, K. ‘Scotland’s fishermen feel a sickening sense...
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Using film music in the classroom
Education & Development

Using film music in the classroom

...simple harmonies specifically in C major, specifically with the three primary triads of C major: C, F and G. And we're going to see the effects that we can get by manipulating your skills in that particular context. Video 1 Click "play" below to discover how George Fenton creates a theme. George Fenton Given that the chords, there only 3 chords that I can use which in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...simple information displays, which let us check things such as weather forecasts and transport timetables, to interactive sites that allow us to make bookings or queries. In many parts of the world, medical records are increasingly moving away from paper and X-ray film towards becoming completely digital. This has several advantages, especially in allowing patient records...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Money & Business

Risk management

...code. As a good example take a look at the ‘Guidance on Risk’ set out by the UK’s Engineering Council (2011). The guidelines are as follows: Apply professional and responsible judgement and take a leadership role. Adopt a systematic and holistic approach to risk identification, assessment and management. Comply with legislation and codes, but be prepared to seek...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...code for design software in their spare time. The group demonstrated a cobbled-together revision of what was to become AutoCAD® at an exhibition in March of the same year. The product was finally launched formally in December and was an instant success. By 1987, 100,000 copies of the application had been sold and, by 1999, 2 million. The reasons for AutoCAD's success...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...simple relationship is an entire range of products, specifications, systems and services that are all required to ensure the consistent supply of electricity. Even the way in which these elements are used, a process, can be designed. These terms are defined below. Box 1 Design engineering terms Product – an object created to fulfil some function or purpose....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Reading visual images
Society, Politics & Law

Reading visual images

...simple, statistically relevant boxes on an official form. We have the raw evidence, but what does it mean? Of those who were married in 1999 how many had been married before but did not declare that fact? How many had been cohabiting in a stable long-term relationship with their partner before marriage (and are such relationships an ‘unofficial’ form of marriage?). If...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs