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An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...Statistical Methods, UK Public Record Office HW 25/4 and HW 25/5 Section 3 figure: © geralt; Pixabay Section 5 figure: © Oscar Wong; Getty Images Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...statistical. And the parallel to that was obviously President Trump’s very unexpected victory and I for one didn’t expect that to happen but what he managed to mobilise was what I would call a kind of brutal empathy. He had a genius at attributing blame, finding fault with others and for firing voters up without actually making policy prescriptions and it was...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...statistical basis, on the lives of those who lived below the bread line. Perhaps the most famous of these was Henry Mayhew’s ‘London Labour and the London Poor’, first serialised in the established newspaper, The Morning Chronicle, in 1849–1850 and later published as a four volume set in 1861–1862. Although rarely acknowledged today, this study helped to unearth...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...statistics, and a vast literature exists on the subject. One important role of software development processes is to reduce risk, particularly in relation to two fundamental categories: Problem-related risks: these are risks associated with misunderstanding the problem and the stakeholders’ requirements, or making inappropriate assumptions as to the context of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...statistics. Howse, E.M. (1971) Saints in Politics: The ‘Clapham Sect’ and the Growth of Freedom, London, George Allen & Unwin (first published by the University of Toronto Press in 1952). An old but still useful account of the political impact of Wilberforce and his associates. Pollock, J. (1977) Wilberforce, London, Constable. The best available biography....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...statistical methods or computer simulations to determine the overall size and shape distributions of a set of objects. However, unknown orientation angles remain a major uncertainty in many astronomical studies...Astronomy: images of the Universe: 2 Structure in images - You’ve now examined the basic quantitative information that astronomers can obtain from images:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Collaborating for professional development

...statistics, they won't know what's going on on an everyday basis. They'll be keen to learn from you and ask their own questions. It's not just you who needs to know the knowledge and be observant, and look for things that are great, and look for things that need to improve, it's everyone. So from all levels, make sure that you do joint learning walks because they are...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edn. London: American Psychiatric Association. Antonovsky, A. (1984) ‘The sense of coherence as a determinant of health’, in J.D. Matarazzol (ed.) Behavioural Health. New York: Wiley, pp. 114–29. Brewster, L., Jones, E., Priestley, M., Wilbraham, S.J., Spanner, L and Hughes, G. (2022) ‘“Look after the staff and they...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs