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Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...Statistical Account of Scotland (1791–9), a major text of the Scottish Enlightenment, possessed by libraries like that of the Manchester society. Exercise 5 Can you suggest what impact on Owen's intellectual development and ideas his participation in the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society and the Board of Health might have had? Discussion First, he had the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...statistical information on oil consumption is easily available, it’s almost impossible to truly know how much oil we consume in the West...Week 3: Ubiquitous petroleum: 3.3 Fertilisers - For most of you, the food you eat also relies on the oil (and gas) industry. In the developed world, our diets rely on cheap food transported significant distances. How far food has...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...statistics that suggest a decline in the number of children and young people who report enjoying reading and who choose to read in their free time...Session 1: The importance of childhood reading: 3 The decline in children Reading for Pleasure - Every year in the UK, the National Literacy Trust asks children and young people about their reading habits (Clark and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...statistics on a huge variety of subjects. Some of these reports are free of charge. For example, it reports that over 446.5 million records were exposed by data breaches in the United States in 2018 (Statista, 2018). Let’s get started by learning some of the basic terminology used when discussing cyber security...Week 1: Threat landscape: 1.1 Talking security: the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...statistical analysis and visual feedback (video analysis). Which strategies does he describe in order to land the message? CHRIS WHITE You've got to have people who are self-starters, self-motivated, can develop relationships, can become the right hand of the coach. The best analysts are genuinely the right-hand of the coach. They build the trust, build the relationship,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...statistical techniques or specialist programs for civil engineering. You might also construct partial models to investigate, for example, the stress in a particular road section or support structure. A scale model of the design might be helpful in communicating the proposal to local residents. Increasingly, virtual reality can provide useful models for generating...
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...statistic. Instead, due to the selfless actions of my mum, my family, my neighbours, and my coaches, the only stats I’m associated with are goals, appearances and caps. I would be doing myself, my family and my community an injustice if I didn’t stand here today with my voice and my platform and ask you for help’. (Marcus Rashford, public letter to MPs April 2020)...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...statistics being very clear, versus having a company-wide huddle or presentation where you are engaging with people, either remotely or in the office and taking them through the key and most important things within the business, following it up in a written format, a CEO report, or a documentation, using Slack as an open way of communication to colleagues that's there and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs