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Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...techniques...Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the key skills required to conduct a basic qualitative interview prepare effectively before conducting a qualitative interview consider some of the ethical issues that can occur during qualitative research think of some...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...technique will help you improve your pronunciation, intonation and fluency...Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink: Conclusion - This free course provided an introduction to studying languages. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and helped to improve your confidence as an independent learner. If...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...techniques and new working methods Creation or use of new technologies, introduced in an organisation to render services to users and citizens Product or service innovations Creation of new public services or products Governance innovations Development of new forms and processes to address specific societal problems Conceptual innovations Introduction of new concepts,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...techniques to brow-beat, wear opponents down, just to exhaust them so finally they'll forget or feel insecure about their objections and, bewildered, agree with what the protagonist is saying. Another technique that Socrates uses is contradiction. He leads people down the garden path, seeking out contradictions in their position and then, as a result, quashes their...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...techniques for engineering the climate have been proposed to counteract human-caused climate crisis. There are several human causes of climate crisis, but one of the most important is emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas from activities such as burning fossil fuels, which enhances the greenhouse effect and warms the planet...Session 1: What is ‘engineering the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...technique known as DNA microarray (Figure 22). The design of DNA ‘chips’ allows many hybridization experiments to be performed in parallel. A DNA chip is a very thin layer of silicon, 2 cm2 or less in area, carrying a large number of DNA probes, a microarray, each with a different sequence and each at a defined position on the chip. The probes can be short...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...techniques, such as player performance metrics, game strategies, or injury prevention. Use of sport, fitness or health related apps – such as My Fitness Pal, Strava, Map My Run. Online collaboration and communication – engaging in sports communities, forums or social media groups where you discuss and share opinions. Content creation – creating blog posts, videos,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...techniques - ranging from counting pollen types in lake sediments to analysis of isotope ratios in ancient ice (recall Figure 15)- yields rich, if sometimes ambiguous, climate information from many natural sources. For example, dendroclimatology depends on the fact that trees in many parts of the world experience an annual growth cycle (Figure 22). Each year's growth (the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs