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Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...system. So I think being very aware that not all things are equal and being able to react to that and give people the support they need has been really important for us. And it wasn't easy. Those first three or four months, I was still working in technology at that point, was a Herculean task. To be able to get everybody the tools that they needed to be able to do the job...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Fused deposition modelling (FDM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Fused deposition modelling (FDM)

...system. Three-dimensional structures can be formed by adding material onto previously deposited material...FDM cannot handle overhanging structures with much success. Therefore, systems are often equipped with a second extrusion head for depositing 'sacrificial' material. This is commonly dissolved in a solvent that does not affect the properties of the build material....
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Article 10 mins
What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...system it is very open. In addition to the source code being openly available, a key feature of blockchains is that in principle every user has their own copy of the entire blockchain. In fact, there is no central or master copy, simply the multiple copies held by the volunteers in the user community. Volunteers are rewarded for their effort through a number of...
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Article 5 mins
Social Science
Society, Politics & Law

Social Science

...systems of belief. Complementary approaches Comparing social and natural sciences, the need for both perspectives for full understanding. Influence of Social Science The impact the study of social science has had since the 19th century. Knowledge - what is it? The relative status of different kinds of knowledge, scientific knowledge and its supposed objectivity. The...
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Audio 1 hr 24 mins
London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...thinks of itself as a 'world city'. Moreover it is politically interesting – and heartening – because it is a claim to place that is open rather than bounded, hospitable rather than excluding, as ever-changing rather than eternal. And nothing that follows is meant to gainsay that. What I should like to explore about this imagination of place held by so many Londoners,...
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Article 15 mins
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ. See previous article in series: Designing your research question Before working through this article, you should have settled on your research question. This article will support you through the next steps in the research cycle (Figure...
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Article 5 mins
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Money & Business

Risk management

...thinking: high-hazard systems normally have several controls and care is taken to make sure these controls cannot be circumvented by a ‘common mode of failure’ controls that rely on people are normally the least effective controls that are directive should not be the sole prevention for high-impact risks...Session 8: Risk specialisms: 3 Project risk management - Much...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Flowery meadows and high tech surveying equipment
Nature & Environment

Flowery meadows and high tech surveying equipment

...system, its not as accurate as the old system but can usually position the quadrats to within 5cm of where they should be which is fine and is usually significantly quicker as you don’t have to hunt for the fixed points and there is no delicate equipment to carefully set up on a heavy tripod. The gps also gives the locations in latitude/longitude or ordinance survey...
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Article 5 mins