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The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...cast your mind back to Week 1, you saw the experiment showing the surprising amount of energy within the ethanol molecule. A very small amount was able to fire a homemade ‘rocket’ a considerable distance. The body needs to be able to safely break down ethanol without such a violent release of energy. The human body does this in the liver through enzymatic breakdown of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...casting the net a bit further with our recruitment. So we actually have an international player from South Korea as well as from Sweden, the Netherlands, and Finland, as well as some of the home counties. So we’re going a lot further with our recruitment. That’s also replicated in our women’s under-21s team where we have players from Belgium. We have players with...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...casts an appreciative gaze over the area of your inquiry, from a range of perspectives. In doing so, you may have already begun to identify comments, images, stories, metaphors of interest. The following two activities will support you in thinking with these stories further to draw out the elements that feel most generative for thinking and doing differently. Activity 8...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...digital journey: 3 Making your mark online - [Image of a very clear shoe print in the sand.] Figure 2 Footprint in the sand In Week 3 you considered how you appear to others online (your digital profile), how you present yourself (your digital identity) and the traces of activity you leave online (your digital footprint). Digital identity and digital footprint are important for career purposes as many ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...sand and start talking about digital carbon footprints. There's been – I think we all realise there have had lots of interesting conversations, some really – I mean, over the last few decades, if you look back, there's been some amazing research already that's gone into understanding the carbon footprint and the energy consumption of our technological lifestyles and...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...cast light upon aspects of that situation or to explain it to someone. So, the next step is to look at the diagrams you have drawn and to ask yourself what you have learned about the situation. This answer may be in terms of a deeper appreciation of the situation. It may also be in terms of pointers towards possible interventions and some idea of the likely effects of...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...sand off and maybe do a little repainting, and what happens if you leave the house for 100 years and it rusts through until it's only a pile of orange dust. And it's that orange dust spot, that orange dust problem, that's the one we're setting out to address. So now, people say 'You take these happy pills and do you feel happy?' And I don't. But I don't feel sad about...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Mathematics for science and technology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...sand grains on a beach, all the leaves on a single tree, all the people in England with blood group AB, or all the visits made to the Science Museum in March. It is generally the case that the members of any one population display some variability; for instance, not all the leaves on an oak tree will be exactly the same size. Furthermore, different populations often...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs