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Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers
Languages

Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers

...system, which centres around an eight-sided diagram called bā guà. Bā guà was designed by Chinese philosophers about 5,000 years ago, in which the eight elements represent constant changes in the universe. There are eight diagrams in bā guà representing eight related concepts, such as heaven, lake, fire, water. At the centre of bā guà is the yin and the yang...
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Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...systems in a specific context...Software and the law: 1 Why law is necessary - Computers have become embedded in society, making certain transactions between people or organisations affecting other people – what economists call ‘externalities’. Sometimes these externalities are generally positive and good, but lead to the ‘free-rider’ problem. In other cases the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...systems, processes and its data. So the risks are to you as an individual and for your organisation. System and process risks, such as confidentiality, can dramatically affect users’ perceptions of a system’s reliability and trustworthiness. It is often unclear whether breaches of confidentiality are malicious or accidental, but they can have serious repercussions for...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...system focused on the needs the child. A similar shift towards more child-centred legislation and policy has also been seen in Scotland and Northern Ireland. For example, the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 put the Scottish child wellbeing framework Getting it Right for Every Child (Scottish Government, 2008) onto a statutory footing. The introduction of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
History & The Arts

Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?

...system is more difficult than under a majority vote system (deleted after 13 seconds). Tweets like these could cause diplomatic ripple effects. In fact, tweets about Mexico and China have indeed provoked responses from both countries. If a tweet is the catalyst for a lost ally, new policy or other reaction, American history deserves to have a record of it. [Tweets from...
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Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...system to emerge, which radically changed the organisation of work. The factory system, used first for the production of cotton but then extended to other industries, created a new, unified system of production which replaced the craft labour carried out in individual workshops. The main innovation of this new system was that it allowed workers to be brought together for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...systems more resilience. If an extreme event occurs, a system with fifty different species may remain stable because while some may fail, others will survive to fill the gaps; whereas a system with just five species will probably be left with holes after an extreme event eliminates two of the species, because there are no others similar enough to replace them. In addition...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Embedding mental wellbeing in higher education through inclusive curricula and pedagogy
Education & Development

Embedding mental wellbeing in higher education through inclusive curricula and pedagogy

...system. Furthermore, they are not sufficiently tackling the problem, as evidenced by the persistent attainment and progression gaps, and increasing demand for student counselling and mental health services. Focusing on distance learning, my study investigates the barriers to mental wellbeing when studying and achieving their goals that students experience. I am using a...
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