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Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen began to lay the framework for the recognition of rights such as the freedom of speech and assembly. In these documents the development of modern human international law can be seen. Whilst such documents differed in their detailed content, certain general principles underpinned them: Every human being has certain rights, which they...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...Parkinson’s disease patients, carers and the patient and carer dyadic relationship: a scoping review’, Clinical gerontologist, 43(5), pp.499-507...Session 1: Understanding the demands of the caring role: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Nichola Kentzer and Martin Penson. It was first published in September 2021. Except for third party materials and...
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...de nieuwe telkonst. The calculations of Briggs and Vlacq were the essential basis of all subsequent tables of ‘common logarithms’. The work illustrated is of a later French edition of Vlacq’s shortened (seven-place) trigonometrical tables...John Napier: 6 Spreading the word about logarithms - Another person besides Briggs to recognise immediately the importance of...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...many different contexts is a tool called ‘Six Thinking Hats’ popularised by Edward de Bono...Difference and challenge in teams: 6 ‘We need to stretch ourselves’ - Evelyn is a manager interested in developing her team, but worries that they may be ‘too good’ already. Listen to her plight in the audio below (a transcript is also provided). We need to stretch ourselves, but how? In a way we’re too good at this aspect of our ......
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...de-familiarising your perceptions you will reinvigorate your writing. Here are some similar follow-up exercises that you can try when you get time. Try the same exercise on a different, but still familiar, place. You can also try it with familiar characters in your life – describe them in their absence and then take note of the things you didn't recall. Think of the...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...de facto standard. However, document management software has to be capable of accepting many different types of file, produced by a variety of applications. This complicated the technical design of the package enormously. Third, as suggested earlier, drafting and design processes, at a detailed level at least, are well denned. Engineering drawings are pretty much standard...
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...de Fermat, about a problem connected with a dice game is now considered a seminal moment in this development. The problem in question, known as the ‘problem of points’, concerns the fair division of stakes should a dice game be interrupted before a player has won. [This is a composite of two portraits, of the mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat.] Figure...
Developing business ideas for drone technologies Badge icon
Money & Business

Developing business ideas for drone technologies

...de Colle, S. (2010) Stakeholder theory: The state of the art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Grant, R. M. (2016) Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Text and Cases, 9th edn, Chichester, West Sussex, Wiley. Guilmartin, J. F. (2024) 'unmanned aerial vehicle', Encyclopedia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/technology/unmanned-aerial-vehicle (Accessed:...