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An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...LA-ICP-MS) and the ion microprobe (IMP). The electron microprobe technique involves directing a focused electron beam at a polished surface of a mineral grain. X-rays that are specific for each constituent element are emitted from the mineral. By measuring the intensity of the X-rays that characterise different elements, the major and minor element composition of 'spots'...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...religion or belief sexual orientation. It applies in England, Scotland and Wales. Under the legislation, all the public bodies were expected to publish their equality information by 30 March 2022. In Wales, annual reports for 2021 to 2022 were expected by 31 March 2023. In Scotland, most listed authorities started their reporting in 2013 and are expected to publish their...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte_’._ –Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters, Letter XVI, December 1656. Translation: ‘I wrote this very long [letter] because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter’. What do you think Pascal meant by this? [Photo of Claire]Figure 8 ClaireShow descriptionA photograph of Claire. Claire, whose research looks for evidence of how ......
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Approaching poetry
History & The Arts

Approaching poetry

...religions: the Mona Lisa was the mother of Helen of Troy and the Virgin Mary. The wisdom and knowledge she has acquired is worn lightly, nothing more than ‘the sound of lyres and flutes’, apparent only in the ‘delicacy’ of colour on ‘eyelids and hands’. The aim of the preceding exercise was to encourage you to think about form and structure even when a poem...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...religion and belief, and sexual orientation discrimination, judges can appoint an appropriately qualified assessor with expertise in the particular area. To some extent, this overcomes the risk of lack of accountability of experts in that the assessor is formally part of the decision-making process rather than simply a witness. [Described image] Figure 4 Assistance In the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...la. [LAUGHTER] Well, hang on. Uneducated? Yes. Stupid? No. Because it doesn't actually cover the risks, right? Now, this other you has met the woman next door who actually had a stomach infection and got it treated at the hospital. And the other one in the other village whose husband was so sick. She spent so much money on doctors and medicines and yet, he died, but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...la Mare, 1982) Measured checklists This method is almost identical to the previous one but instead of various aspects being rated on a scale that stretches from ‘unacceptable’ to ‘most favourable’ they are scored numerically. An example of a measured checklist, again for an R & D project, is shown in Figure 12. [Described image] Figure 12 A measured checklist...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country (art 1(A)(2) Refugee Convention). The terms ‘asylum seeker’ and ‘refugee’ are often used interchangeably, but if a person has been...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs