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Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...Statistics, 2011). It was largely due to a 29% increase in admissions of children aged under 15 with non-hepatitis, non-influenza viral infections, and it confirms a rising trend. This category of hospital admissions has risen by 84% in England since 2006–2007...Public Health Approaches to Infectious Disease: 1.1 Acute respiratory infections - Influenza, pneumonia and...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...statistics and readings presented in this section is to demonstrate the complex landscape in which we must manage the relationships which are at the heart of successful inclusion. If we wish to lead change we cannot begin where people are not: we have to accept that many people feel they do not have the time, space and skills to start working in new ways. We have to begin...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...statistics are often unable to deliver. They also show that there are different, often contradictory, stories and interpretations of events in the aftermath of the flooding. Through these we can begin to get some idea of the political controversies that Katrina sparked. These conflicting accounts were also played out on the web-based alternative media and in television...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
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Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...Statistics (ONS) (2010) Access Internet Survey, p. 4. Statista (2022) Share of individuals who made purchases online in Great Britain from 2008 to 2020. Available at https://www.statista.com/ statistics/ 275968/ online-purchasing-penetration-in-great-britain/ (Accessed: 22 February 2022)...Session 3: Being a savvy shopper and building a budget: Acknowledgements - This...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...statistical data indicates that there were approximately 2.4 billion users on the Internet. This is only 34% of the total world population. The number of connected devices on the internet in 2012 exceeded the world population. This includes traditional computing devices and mobile devices, as well as new industrial and consumer devices that we think of as 'things'....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...statistics and models. Mr Khan is impressed by examples of good practice from local authorities in the area of local food. He can understand and absorb into his work detailed arguments from the group because he is a specialist. Mrs Jones is a regular supermarket shopper. Her information comes from mid-market newspapers like the Daily Mail and the radio (both national and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...statistical release [Online]. Available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/business-population-estimates-2020/business-population-estimates-for-the-uk-and-regions-2020-statistical-release-html (Accessed 14 October 2021). British Business Bank (2020a) The UK Business Angel Market 2020 [Online]. Available at
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...Statistics, 1995 Figure 2 UK plastics applications 1995...Introduction to polymers: 1.2 Polymer types - Traditionally, the industry has produced two main types of synthetic polymer – plastics and rubbers (Figure 3). The distinction is that plastics are, by and large, rigid materials at service temperatures while rubbers are flexible, low modulus materials which exhibit...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs