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Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...type answers interesting and important questions involving one variable. For example, how many primary school students own mobile devices. Correlational research: This type looks at the relationship between two things, by measuring two continuous variables. Researchers don't control any other factors that might be affecting the relationship. For example, assessing whether...
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Article 5 mins
Introduction to differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differential equations

...types of first-order differential equations. Section 1 introduces equations that can be solved by direct integration and section 2 the method of separation of variables. Section 3 looks at applications of differential equations for solving real world problems. Section 4 introduces the integrating factor method for solving linear differential equations. The final two...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does the human body fight a viral infection?

...type of white blood cell called lymphocytes; cells that are mostly localised in ‘lymphoid tissues’ such as the lymph nodes or tonsils. However, the number of lymphocytes that can recognise and react against any individual type of virus is initially very small. This is particularly true for a novel virus such as SARS-CoV-2, which people have never encountered before....
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Article 20 mins
Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...phrase to throw a new angle on the privations the UK was experiencing might have seemed like a fresh idea. But much as the way the worst part of any political scandal since 1974 has been the clunky appending of '-gate' to create a popular term for the event, the slapping of 'winter of discontent' on disruption around the turn of the year (or even on whole years) has...
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Article 5 mins
Changing cities
Society, Politics & Law

Changing cities

...types of agency that these places might have (see Bridge and Watson, 2011; Davies and Imbroscio, 2009; Fainstein and Campbell, 2002). Taken together, these strands of thought add up to a body of what in this course we call ‘critical spatial thinking’. Broadly speaking, there are three ways in which the agency of urban places has been thought about in these traditions:...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
The Arts and Creativity
Education & Development

The Arts and Creativity

...types of topics you want to study for now and for the future. By studying this module I’d be able to go on an exciting journey exploring the Arts and what it means to be creative, and how that sense of creativity can be used to teach, solve problems, and be used more widely in areas perhaps not always considered. The courses I would select would be at different levels....
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Waste Management
Science, Maths & Technology

Waste Management

...and developing more incineration sites. Waste Collection Analyse what you throw away. The different methods local authorities use to collect and sort your rubbish. Energy From Waste How incineration generates electricity and hazardous waste is treated at landfill sites. Composting The different types of green waste, how they are processed and who uses the compost created....
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An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...phrases as you can about your understanding of what inquiry and research are and what they involve. Where are the similarities and differences between the two terms and how they are understood in your context? Discussion How you respond to the words inquiry and research will be shaped by your experiences of the terms being used. This might stem from how they are used in...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs