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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...et al., 2003). (b) In 1998, researchers at Johns Hopkins and Nepal Eye Hospital Complex reported a study with 30,000 women in South Asia at high risk of vitamin deficiencies. They found that a group received vitamin A supplements had a lower risk of night blindness than a group that received a placebo (Christian et al., 1998). In the map below, delete the incorrect option...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...et al., 2019). New buildings In new construction, brick walls can be built with cavities and insulation batts built in. If the building is in an area of driving rain then an air gap may also have to be included. Insulating aerated concrete blockwork can also be used to build the inner leaf (see Figure 15). [Described image] Figure 15 Insulation inserted into the cavity of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...et al., 2007). Can you suggest why MRI is potentially less harmful to patients than CT? Unlike X‑ray-based diagnostics such as CT, MRI does not expose patients to potentially harmful ionising radiation. A typical MRI scanner is shown in Figure 5. Figure 5 A clinical MRI instrument...Metals in medicine: 3.1 MRI in practice - It’s important to appreciate from the start...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...et al., 2013). This report documented almost half a million direct and indirect deaths between 2003 and 2011, including deaths caused by failures of heath, sanitation, transportation and other basic systems and wider infrastructure as a result of the ‘War on Terror’. This evidence suggests that taking an approach which focuses only on harms resulting from ‘crimes’...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Effective writing in professional social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Effective writing in professional social work practice

...et al 2020) so learning to write effectively for practice is a very important element of professional development across the career. This course focuses on developing your understanding of professional writing in social work and the ways in which you can become an effective writer. [A photograph of a messy desk.] Figure 2 In this section you will: learn about the WiSP...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...Système international d'unités (SI units), that are commonly used for electrical quantities include coulombs, amperes, volts, ohms, watts and joules. The fundamental unit of electricity is the negative charge of the electron or the positive charge of an ionised atom that has lost a single electron (resulting from the positive charge on the protons in the nucleus...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...et al. set out a list of six values that they feel people should consider when thinking about a change of career (Figure 6): Benevolence Doing things for others Conformity Being accepted, doing what's socially correct Independence Making decisions, getting your own way Leadership Being in charge, having power and authority Recognition Being highly regarded and admired,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...et al., 2013) about integrated care quality improvement pilots. Integrated care broadly means the capacity for different parts of an organisation (departments or staff groups) to work together to offer good quality care. It also includes the capacity for healthcare professionals to work with social care professionals to offer a joined-up service. This research brief looks...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs