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Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...accounted for some 24 million units in 2014. Given that there were nearly 3.3 billion passengers in the same period this equates to some 7.3 bags per 1000 passengers which seems quite low. This has dropped from a peak of approximately 22 bags per 1000 passengers back in 2006 so clearly things are moving in the right direction. SITA, the manufacturers of the World Tracer...
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Activity 20 mins
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...account the cultural context and the models of individual, family and social obligations that are valued and promoted in each context. All societies tend to have their own unique worldviews, and often these will be very different to UK or Western European perspectives. In their practice, therefore, social workers must anticipate these potential differences and work...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...accounted for by deviation from the norm of measurable biological (somatic) variables. It leaves no room within its framework for social, psychological, and behavioral dimensions of illness’ (1977, p. 196). But this model clearly needs to be expanded to encompass a broader, more holistic approach to treatment and care. Although holism considers ‘the complete woman’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...account for several times the total energy output of a normal galaxy, and possibly a great deal more. A normal galaxy contains 1010 to 1011 stars, so we need an even more powerful energy source for active galaxies. The term spectral excess is used (rather loosely) to refer to the prominence of infrared or other wavelength regions in the broadband spectra of active...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...account for the extraordinary popularity of Robinson Crusoe and its imitations, and have speculated about what it was that readers were responding to in Defoe’s book. Pat Rogers, to take one example, made an intensive study of the history of publication of Robinson Crusoe in chapbook form, looking particularly at what was included or omitted in these cheaply produced...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb
Money & Business

Customer Service: Expert's Corner with Professor Sally Dibb

...Accounts Committee over tax avoidance. In order to counter the negative publicity, Starbucks plans to change its arrangements and pay UK corporation tax while Google has just made such a settlement. Calls for more ethically produced and sustainable products is a similar reaction to the perception that big business behaves badly. The Institute of Business Ethics is just...
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Article 5 mins
Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...accounts. It also reminds us how important stability is for consumer confidence, employment and overall growth. It is perhaps a small irony that echoes of 2008 are a key driving force behind the current push toward populism. If nothing else, the Great Recession should highlight the need for greater certainty in the political climate. But this means a deeper commitment to...
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Article 5 mins
Systems Practice case study - The CEO
Money & Business

Systems Practice case study - The CEO

...accounts for them. * ordered extra keys for their offices, obtained the forms for security passes to the building and the car park. On the day of arrival On the day of their arrival we: * met them as they arrived * gave them ten minutes in their offices * gave them time with their secretaries who helped them with the forms, directed them to loos and where various...
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Article 10 mins