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Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...Système International. This is based on seven carefully defined units that include the metre (for length), the second (for time) and the kilogram (for mass). The other four base units relate to luminous intensity (i.e. brightness), quantity of matter, electric current and temperature. The SI unit of temperature is called the kelvin (signified by the abbreviation K and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...autonomous social action’ (Calhoun, 2002) and it is often contrasted with social structures that can be seen as determining human behaviour, e.g. religion, social class, economics and family. The ‘structure–agency’ debate has dominated discussions in sociology since the 1970s, particularly in relation to the capacity of individuals and groups (‘collective...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...Système International d’Unités. Beam of light in vacuum. 1/299,792,458 of a second. Metal rod. 1 metre.’] Figure 5 How does a metre relate to the speed of light? SI units (from the French, Système International d’Unités) are the internationally agreed units of measurement used in most countries, and in the different branches of science. The system arose during...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...autonomic responses to stress in women after sexual and physical abuse in childhood’, Journal of American Medical Association, vol. 284, pp. 592–7. Hirschfeld, R. and Shea, T. (1992) ‘Personality’, in Paykel, E. (ed.) Handbook of Affective Disorders, New York, Guilford Press, pp. 185–94. Hirschfeld, R.M.A. (2000) ‘History and evolution of the monoamine...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...autonomously’ (p. 12). They adopt the American Association of Advertising Agencies definition of IMC: … a concept of marketing communications planning that recognises the added value of a comprehensive plan that evaluates the strategic roles of a variety of communication disciplines – for example, general advertising, direct response, sales promotion and public...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...autonomous communities, whereas the communities of Newcastle or New York are part of the wider populations of the UK and the USA respectively. The dividing lines between the concepts of a language, a variety and a dialect are not absolutely clear-cut however. As noted earlier, one of the issues at the heart of English language studies at the moment is how different...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...autonomic responses, whereas reptiles and birds respond behaviourally. Answer (a) False. Most small animals avoid rather than endure heat stress, but a few species, notably ground squirrels, can tolerate T b up to 42–43°C for short periods, so for them relaxed homeothermy is part of their strategy for maintaining activity during the day. Burrow-dwelling rodents can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...autonomous (and possibly even independent) relationship with Europe that went beyond the UK. Figure 3a Mrs Thatcher, then Prime Minister, strides across industrial wasteland in the 1980s with the promise of regeneration Figure 3b New industrial parks in the 21st Century But in England and Wales in a sense the vote was a rejection of the existing set of arrangements, even...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs