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The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...of unsatisfactory features. It showed up again in 1924 in the doctoral thesis of Louis de Broglie (1892-1987), who suggested that entities which are normally thought of as particles, such as electrons, actually have a wave-like aspect to their behaviour. Einstein, Bohr and de Broglie all received Nobel Prizes in recognition of their work. These early developments were strikingly out of step with ......
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...de facto lingua franca of business and places like Silicon Valley are the epicentre of innovation in their field, it is easy to forget that much creativity continues to happen in diverse cultural environments. In the modern, globalised age it is tempting to focus solely on the common features different organisations or perhaps even different people share. This temptation...
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...mode in order to see in detail the various tools and features.) Then answer the associated questions. Instructor The Digital Kit is a system for viewing and exploring geological hand specimens, using a web browser. This tutorial will show you what it can do and how to use it. The screen is divided into the field of view of the specimen and several functional areas that...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...mode of communication. How you might need to tailor a message to their particular needs. What barriers to communication might you expect to encounter. The steps you might take to overcome these. Discussion In undertaking this activity you will inevitably find both consistent themes and vital differences between your approach to communicating with different people. These...
Achieving public dialogue
Science, Maths & Technology

Achieving public dialogue

...mode, be it from journalist or scientists, will surely continue to be crucial to the process. But the most exciting prospect, and one we hope you will follow well after your study of this course is ended, is how dialogue issues of this type play out in the years ahead, as part of evolving notions of science and citizenship...Achieving public dialogue: Conclusion - This...
Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...mode and speed of transmission; the type of symptoms it causes; whether the disease has a symptom-free latent period or a ‘carrier’ state. The nature of the immune response: including, whether antibody-mediated or cell-mediated immunity predominates in an effective immune response; the type and location of protective responses; the identification and immunogenicity of...
Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...de Bergerac turns up in a Glasgow bedsit. Anything's possible in Glasgow today. That's what the new Glasgow fiction says. SEANDAMER I have tried to show that the labelling of Glasgow as a dangerous place in the nineteenth and twentieth century derives from a complex of economic, political and social processes which can only be unpacked by historical analysis. These...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...modes of imparting instruction. In this second session you will learn more about the expansion of prison education in Britain and Ireland after the penal reforms of the early 1820s. This session also outlines ideas about how you might plan your studies. By the end of this session, you should be able to: discuss the expansion of educational provision in prisons discuss how...