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Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...Système International d’Unités). The SI forms the basis for this week’s study. By the end of this week you will have: gained an understanding of SI units and prefixes identified the order of magnitude of a value started to gain an understanding of logarithms considered the precision of measurements gained an understanding of rounding using significant figures...Week...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...et al. (1974) observed that rule oriented structure adversely affects employee satisfaction but improves productivity. In general, it has been observed that high autonomy and broad job scope are directly related to employees’ intrinsic job satisfaction (Fleishman, 1973; House, 1971; Hunt and Liebscher, 1973). Contradicting the mainstream trend in literature, Zeist...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...completely independent. Following in the footsteps of Ackoff, and with others, Schoderbeck et al. (1985) described the complexity of what they regarded as a real or physical system as arising from the interaction of: (a) the number of elements comprising the system, for example, the number of chips on a circuit board; (b) the attributes of the specified elements of the system, for example, the degree of proficiency of ......
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...et al., 1999, Kojima, 2010). Ghrelin is often called the ‘hunger hormone’, although its name is derived from a different function – causing the release of growth hormone (Growth Hormone Release Inducing). It is released into the blood when the stomach is empty and travels to the brain. There, it acts on a control centre in the brain called the hypothalamus and makes...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...et Veneris sub Hadriano in urbe factum (under Hadrian the Temple of Roma and Venus was made in the city [of Rome]: Mommsen, Chron. Min. ii, p. 142), and the same is repeated by Jerome for 131 (Jerome, Chron. p. 200 h.). Jerome’s date is unlikely, as Hadrian was out of Rome that year,Footnote 90 and even Cassiodorus’ seems too early, given the brick stamp of 134 found...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...et al., 2012)...Session 3: Human rights and immigration law: 5 UK immigration law, the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international treaties - Aside from the ECHR there are a number of other international instruments that are relevant to immigration law, including: 1951 Refugee Convention, discussed below Citizen’s Rights Directive (EU) – Directive 2004/38 EC (also...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...et cetera, we've seen some excellent uses of how that's impacted and empowered the University as well. And if I can draw on the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, they're a really good example of where you've got a really clear digital strategy and how that can have that really great impact across that institution. So, what they did is they initially took again our...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...et al., 1987). A second point to remember is that the names of places in the ancient world are usually different from place names in the modern world. So, for example, the site believed to be Troy is at the modern place called Hissarlik. In other cases, the modern name is recognisably related to the ancient name, so the modern Greek place name Sparti is the site of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs