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Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...C ball. One of the main skills of a systems practitioner is to learn, through experience, to manage the relationship between a particular systems approach and the ‘real world’ situation she or he is using it in. Adopting an approach is more than just choosing one of the methods that already exists. This is why I use the phrase ‘putting into context’, to indicate a...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...c. Upwards d. Different in different countries The correct answer is c. c. You can see from Figure 2 that the trend in all six countries has been upwards since 2010. Select the answer for Question 1b here Which country has seen the steepest rise in nominal house prices since 2010? (Select one answer.) Brazil IndiaAlthough nominal house prices have risen in all the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Neighbourhood nature
Nature & Environment

Neighbourhood nature

...c) honey fungus (Armillaria mellea).] © Mike Dodd Figure 3 Some fungi commonly found in woodland: (a) the fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), (b) fairy bonnets (Coprinus disseminatus) and (c) honey fungus (Armillaria mellea). Foresters tend to classify woodland based on its age, history and the types of trees found growing within it. Primary woodland has existed...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...C. M. (2005) ‘How can you benefit by predicting change’, Financial Executive, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 36–41. Bink, M. L. and Marsh, R. L. (2000) ‘Cognitive regularities in creative activity’, Review of General Psychology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 59–78. Bower, J. L. and Christensen, C. M. (1995) ‘Disruptive technologies: catching the wave’, Harvard Business Review,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...c. broadcasting d. housing e. education and training f. equal opportunities g. miscellaneous matters, such as compiling statistics and keeping public records h. defence i. planning and the environment j. medicines k. sport and the arts l. aspects of transport (e.g. regulation of air services, rail and international shipping) m. the prosecution system and the courts n. the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...c.1908. Photo: Taken from Wikimedia, Texas Prison Museum/Public Domain. The previous section introduced two specialist terms for describing form, namely ‘verse’ and ‘chorus’. In the next activities, you will try to identify verses and choruses yourself in a 1977 performance of ‘Midnight Special’ by the guitarist and singer Brownie McGhee and the harmonica...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...example. [Figure 1] Figure 1 Nicolas Poussin, The Testament of Eudamidas, c.1643–4, oil on canvas, 110.5 x 138.5 cm, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. Photo: DOWIC Fotografi. [Figure 2] Figure 2 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, The Wicked Son Punished, 1778, oil on canvas, 130 x 163 cm, Louvre, Paris. Photo: © RMN/Herve Lewandowski. Click to see Plate 4: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Apotheosis of Homer In many ......
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...c. To recognise someone and remember their name, but not remember any other information about them. d. To fail to recognise someone because they have changed their hairstyle. The correct answer is c. c. Well done! Psychological research on face recognition has found that if you can remember someone’s name, you will also remember other information about them such as...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs