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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...et al., 2002). With the full reference listed at the end of the work, e.g. Jackson, N., Tadhunter, C. and Sparks, W.B. (2002) ‘Cynus A: stars, dust and cones’, Monthly Noticesof the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 301, no. 1, pp. 131–141...Developing good academic practice: 4.2.5 Social Sciences - The notion of ‘common knowledge’ draws us into difficult...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...Et voilà! Dave Myers: Et voilà! Shop assistant: Bye. Dave tries out his French 1 How does the shopkeeper respond to Dave’s efforts to address her in French? Answer The shopkeeper consistently replies to Dave in English. 2 Why do you think the shopkeeper answers the way she does, despite the fact that Dave addresses her in French? Answer We can only speculate why...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...series of easy stages in the direction of these advanced activities. Source: McCarthy et al. (1955) Some of these proposals were not followed up; others came to be the core of Symbolic AI research in the ensuing decades. To simplify the above discussion, just let me isolate two key principles which certainly did become central – these are: Representation – 'Intelligent' computer systems contain a model, in some logical or ......
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...et al. (2016) and Rees et al. (2016), a range of factors that contribute to sporting success are grouped under three headings: the performer, the overall social environment, and training and practice. There is a lot of overlap between each category indicating the links between them. For example, to avoid injuries (the performer), you would consider the type of training...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...et al. (2009, p. 5), the modern corporation has all five of the following characteristics: separate legal personality limited liability of its shareholders centralised delegated management under a board structure transferable shares (in the case of listed companies: freely tradable shares) absentee investor ownership. You will look at these each in turn next...Companies...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...et al. and Kassem both focus on the human resources department, noting that this plays an essential role in maintaining an effective control environment. The human resources department should have adequate processes in place for conducting relevant background checks on relevant personnel before accepting them to the firm. The human resources department should have clear...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...et al.,2012) You cannot ask these questions or get a meaningful response from others until you have thought them through yourself. Try these three thought experiments: First, think about how you would answer the questions above and note down your own answers. Second, in the description of the first focus group it was indicated these were people you knew, or who knew you....
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...et al. (2004) use the term ‘microsystem’ to refer to this smaller unit, and they argue that it provides a conceptual and practical framework for approaching change and innovation. The concept can be used to understand any public service. So who exactly is in your ‘microsystem’ and what do you have to deliver? Service microsystems The idea of a service microsystem...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs