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Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...energy, or information. The Standard's view on the relationship of these three types of system is shown in Figure 25. My perspective is that all systems are designed. This is demonstrably the case for systems that are engineered to be of utility, but is also true of systems that are formulated for research or analytical purposes. In both instances decisions on what is...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Mathematics for science and technology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...energy, voltage, heat, magnetic field, properties of radioactive materials, indeed whatever you care to name) can be made up from combinations of just these seven base units. For instance, speed is measured in metres per second. In this course you will work mainly with the familiar base units of length, mass, time and temperature, and some of their combinations, but it is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working with young people: roles and responsibilities
Education & Development

Working with young people: roles and responsibilities

...energy to engage in more developmental work. However, it is important to remember that practitioners have a legal responsibility to protect young people from abuse and harm. Click in the box below to start playing the video. 10.00hrs James arrives for the final session of his ‘Mad Music’ project. STEVE McDANIEL [00.12] We might be able to get a mix sorted so that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...energy and stress. [The quote reads: ‘I explained it all to comeone by e-mail, and then it was passed to someone else, and I had to explain it all again. It would speed things up and be less stressful if the information were passed on automatically.’] It also takes time for people to prepare for a hearing, reading through/remembering the facts in a witness statement...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...energy-efficient. (SCFDMA is not covered here.) The uplink and downlink generally occupy different frequency bands, in common with the widely adopted versions of 2G and 3G. All mobile data communication uses the idea of a unit of resource in the downlink. A resource unit is a stream of data allocated exclusively to a user for, typically, a short time. Figure 28 represents...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...energy sources, usually electricity and petrol). * Julian calendar a calendar proposed (and taking its name from) Julius Caesar in 46 BCE. It uses the position of the sun and comprises a year of 365 days most years, and a 366-day leap year every four years. Julius Caesar intended this new calendar to solve a problem with the earlier Roman calendar. The earlier version had...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...energy, as was the case with radio broadcasting. In Germany, radio broadcasting was ‘to be above party politics – unlike so many of Germany’s great and influential newspapers and other printed periodicals – and it was not to be subject to the kind of international influence that challenged the independence of the German motion picture industry throughout the...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...energy, reputation damage in case of failure, risk to health and disrupted work–life balance (e.g. lack of attention to your family, friends, and hobbies). [A close-up of a pen on top of a list which includes bills, food, travel and taxes and numbers beside each.] Activity 20 Your cost structure Timing: Allow around 15 minutes Think about your answer to the question...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs