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How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...determining what kind of virtual team you might be involved in and in helping you decide on appropriate actions to improve them. For example, a team that has members working in the same place at different times (such as an operational team providing telephone services in a bank) might be able to meet some of their communication needs using noticeboards in their shared...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...determine the pathogenicity of the bacteria. In extreme cases, such as tetanus, the toxin is the only relevant antigen that must be neutralised; the bacterium by itself is not invasive or particularly pathogenic, but the toxin is one of the most toxic substances known. Activity 9 Explain how antibodies that bind to the critical antigens of a pathogen can protect the host...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...determine the need for remedial action. Solution The likelihood of slipping on oil and having an accident could be quite high in these circumstances, hence the likelihood could be rated at 4 or 5. However, in a well-regulated workshop, 3 would be a reasonable value. The question of severity is even less clear-cut. It could range from a minor bruise (rated 1) through to a...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...determining whether that cube floats or sinks. Earlier this week, you learned about the differences between solids, liquids, and gases. When most liquids freeze the individual atoms and molecules move closer together, allowing more to fit into a given volume. As a result, these substances are more compact in their solid state than in their liquid state, in other words,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...determines how much Income Tax you pay. You will find it on every pay slip. The code comprises four numbers and a letter – for example, 1257L. The numbers define your tax-free allowance. You simply add a zero (0) to the end of the number, so in the example above your personal allowance would be £12,570 for the tax year. The letter in the code defines the nature of your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...determination, recruitment and training, equal opportunities, workplace change, work attitudes, management organisation and employee representation Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Promotes research into and the education of the public in the economic, social and political sciences and in science and technology, the voluntary sector and social enterprise,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...determine whether it is sufficiently well-established and scientific to be classed as reliable. [Described image] Figure 5 Scale of reliability Other jurisdictions, such as the USA, have taken a hard line on the question of reliability. For example, the US case of Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Footnote 5 established that the trial judge exercises a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to death, dying and grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to death, dying and grief

...determines the outcome. The case of Eleanor Samra To understand the implications of this, here is a fictitious example. Eleanor Samra lives with her daughter, Judith. Eleanor is virtually bedridden because of leg injuries sustained during recent falls. She also has bowel cancer which, her doctors say, will cause her to die quite soon. Although well cared for, she is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs