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Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...artificiality of the models, however, it is true that most industries must have tight procedures in order to manage the complex and very expensive interaction between their designers and/or between design teams. Companies may impose procedures based on formal design models, simply because they have to have some explicit set of procedures to follow. Design cannot be...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...intelligence), with; a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning); which started before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development. (Department of Health, 2001, p. 14) Activity 1 Definitions of learning disability Timing: Allow about 30 minutes 1. Watch the video below, which shows what ‘learning disability’ means to different people. It...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...artificial, symmetrically arranged, symbolic scene of the Virgin surrounded by flying angels, bestowing garlands on the pope and the Holy Roman Emperor as both spatially and colouristically unified and even credibly naturalistic. Its success was sealed when no lesser figures than the doge and the Patriarch, the head of the church in Venice, visited him to see it. As...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...artificial lighting Outdoor facility other athletes members of public weather Equipment ‘feel’ of grips, for example in tennis or hockey footwear kit – type of material, what has been washed with? Coach clarity of communication tone and volume of voice demonstrations This activity will have prompted you to think about how different sporting spaces can be experienced...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting adult learners’ positive mental health

...intelligence, were classified as educationally sub-normal (ESN) and this language was formalised in the 1944 Education Act in the UK. The label ‘ineducable’ was also introduced in the 1944 Education Act regarding children with learning disabilities (The Open University, 2022). This highly offensive language was used both about and to learners, and promoted an...
An introduction to exoplanets Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

...intelligent, civilised life evolves × the fraction of these civilisations that have developed communications technologies that release detectable signs into space × the length of time over which such civilisations release detectable signals. A lot of the latter factors are things we don’t really know the answers to, especially things like the fraction of planets that...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...intelligence report. Available at: https://www.microsoft.com/securityinsights (Acccessed 5 December 2019)...Week 3: Malware: Acknowledgements - This course was written by Arosha K. Bandara. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated in the acknowledgements section, this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0...
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...intelligent, articulate individual to talk about the circumstances of that situation. And this then brings me right up to the present situation. What I’m attempting to do is ask these young men to think about the choices they make in their lives; ask them to think about the pathways they follow; ask them when at times they’re drawn in the negative decisions to...