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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...coded as A261; “Rupert” and “Robert” both get coded as R150. Soundex is a set of rules which tells the computer to replace which letters, in which combinations, by which digit. Wikipedia, as so often, is a good starting point for more details. I first came across Soundex when the Scottish Qualifications Agency used it within their processes for matching student...
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Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...code/spaces. Campaigning organisations concerned about both the human and environmental consequences of this mining have used images to make those costs visible. For example, Friends of the Earth have published this photoessay about the environmental consequences of mining for tin in Indonesia's Bangka islands, or read the journalist David Nield’s introduction to the...
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Article 10 mins
Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...codes of conduct Very centralised police forces: 43 Police Forces across England and Wales with national oversight and standardised codes of conduct Amount of training varies across forces Considerable training required to become a police officer Amount of education required to become a police officer varies across forces Educational requirements are standardised and...
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Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...simple. On 26 August 1928, the appellant drank a bottle of ginger beer, manufactured by the respondent, which a friend had bought from a retailer and given to her. The bottle contained the decomposed remains of a snail which were not and could not be detected until the greater part of the contents of the bottle had been consumed. As a result she alleged, and at this stage...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...Simple Changes’. Look out for the boxes throughout the course containing links to these resources. The other goals won’t be explicitly addressed, but as you work through the course, try to reflect on how the topics covered could link to them. A healthier Wales The ‘A Healthier Wales’ goal is defined in Table 1. This goal will be explored from different...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham
History & The Arts

A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham

...simple place away from the station, he will help us satisfy them very wholesomely and agreeably at boards which seem festively set up for the occasion, and spread with hot roast-beef and the plain vegetables which accompany the national dish in its native land; or he can have the beef cold, or have cold lamb or chicken cold. His fellow-lunchers will be, as he may like...
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Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...simple and elementary and basic and that they know, they in fact don't know. Socrates: Genius of the Ancient World Watch this excerpt from a BBC programme on the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates and consider the following questions: How helpful do you think this method is when considering service improvements? What ‘tips’ would you take from Socrates in facilitating...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...simple fact of sexual attraction between two key figures. These may seem obvious points to make, but starting from these considerations gives us a new approach to the past and a fascinating prism through which to explore ancient societies. [Described image] Figure 2 Relief depicting an oculist examining a patient, second century CE, stone. Museo della Civiltà Romana,...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs