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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...technique of interior discussion so to call it which gives a voice and a thoughtful, intelligent voice to a whole stratum of society which had never been heard from before. We have Janice Galloway's first novel, "The Trick is the Keep Breathing", published in 1989, centred on a woman struggling out of a nervous breakdown, that's as far as possible from the old hard man...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...technique found plumes on three occasions out of ten during 2014. If eruption plumes do indeed occur at Europa, they seem to be less persistent than those currently occurring at Enceladus. Perhaps water escapes in plumes only when certain special cracks in Europa’s ice shell are open. See also: Europa plumes seen by a new technique (2016 report). An account of plumes...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...technique that is used often in mathematics. Second, they introduce the idea that sometimes you have to find a ‘way in’ to a puzzle by trying different things. By doing this, it doesn’t mean that you can’t do the puzzle or that you’re getting it wrong! Can you draw the shape given in Figure 1 without taking your pen off the page or going over any lines more than...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...technique and break sound up into tiny units we can represent in binary. If you shout, hit a piano key or drop a plate, then you set particles of air vibrating – and any ears in the vicinity will interpret this tremor as sound. The sounds we hear generally consist of small rapid movements (changes, fluctuations) of the atmospheric air pressure that surrounds us. Sound...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...techniques and unfavourable product markets, their productivity would be correspondingly lower. Worker quality, in contrast, is defined in terms of attitudes, behaviour and values. In many instances, the skills that exist at the workplace involve learning by doing and are characterised by their informality in contrast to the more formal investment framework proposed by...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...techniques involve characterising the genetic sequences of the microbes in a cleanroom once sampled. [Described image] Figure 30 A plate showing colony forming units...Introduction to Planetary Protection: 4.2.3 Monitoring MOC in cleanrooms - In addition to microbial contamination, planetary protection guidelines require clean assembly protocols to minimise particulates,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...techniques for representing the modern world, modern artists turned their backs on the tried and tested forms of mimetic resemblance. But what counted as art changed too. Bits of the everyday world began to be incorporated into artworks – as collage or montage in two-dimensional art forms; in construction and assemblage in three-dimensional ones. The inclusion of found...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
History & The Arts

Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus

...techniques involved in the analysis and interpretation of literary texts. Let's begin by looking at the life and reputation of the play's author. Marlowe's touch was in my Titus Andronicus, and my Henry VI was a house built on his foundations … I would give all my plays to come for one of his that will never come. These lines come from John Madden's 1998 film...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs