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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...et al., 2002). With the full reference listed at the end of the work, e.g. Jackson, N., Tadhunter, C. and Sparks, W.B. (2002) ‘Cynus A: stars, dust and cones’, Monthly Noticesof the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 301, no. 1, pp. 131–141...Developing good academic practice: 4.2.5 Social Sciences - The notion of ‘common knowledge’ draws us into difficult...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...axes, in this case years from 1830 to 1930 on the horizontal axis and number of lynx furs traded, from zero to 60 000, on the vertical axis. Figure 1 does not have any numbers, although similarly the horizontal axis represents time and the vertical axis represents the number of animals; the arrow by the label shows the direction in which the values are increasing. A graph...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...axes of a graph. * Functional: Something working as it is meant to. Fit for purpose. The term functional is also used to describe an item or operation as practical or utilitarian, rather than attractive. * Geometry: The shape and relative arrangement of constituent parts. The study of the relationship between points, lines, areas and volumes in shapes of two or three...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...axes. To change the position of the vertical axis, right-click on the horizontal axis and choose Format Axis. We can move the vertical axis by changing the value of the horizontal axis at the point which it crosses the vertical axis. If we want to move the vertical axis all the way to the left, we tick Axis value and type in the lowest value for the horizontal axis. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...Et voilà! Dave Myers: Et voilà! Shop assistant: Bye. Dave tries out his French 1 How does the shopkeeper respond to Dave’s efforts to address her in French? Answer The shopkeeper consistently replies to Dave in English. 2 Why do you think the shopkeeper answers the way she does, despite the fact that Dave addresses her in French? Answer We can only speculate why...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...Système International d'Unités (International System of Units). Examples of SI units are the kilogram or tonne for mass and the litre for volume. This course uses SI units wherever possible, but on occasions it will be necessary (or just more convenient) to go along with the oil industry and quote values in barrels. In order to translate the units used in oil industry...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...series of easy stages in the direction of these advanced activities. Source: McCarthy et al. (1955) Some of these proposals were not followed up; others came to be the core of Symbolic AI research in the ensuing decades. To simplify the above discussion, just let me isolate two key principles which certainly did become central – these are: Representation – 'Intelligent' computer systems contain a model, in some logical or ......
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...et al. (2016) and Rees et al. (2016), a range of factors that contribute to sporting success are grouped under three headings: the performer, the overall social environment, and training and practice. There is a lot of overlap between each category indicating the links between them. For example, to avoid injuries (the performer), you would consider the type of training...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs