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Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...energy distribution, could be the target of terrorists or, in times of war, enemy nation states. On a less dramatic note, reasons why organisations need to devise effective network security strategies include the following: Security breaches can be very expensive in terms of business disruption and the financial losses that may result. Increasing volumes of sensitive...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...energy and bitterness guide his delivery of the lines. Like Antonio, Bosola is low-born, and therefore entirely dependent for material success on the patronage of his social betters. His role thus contributes significantly to an important aspect of the play: its examination of class relations in a highly stratified society. Bosola’s wit and satirical edge are throughout...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...energy for the atoms to move relative to each other. The quenched material is a disordered solid, known as an amorphous solid or glass (Figure 3). By contrast, slow cooling of a liquid allows atoms to arrange themselves into an ordered pattern, which may extend over a huge number of atoms. This kind of solid is called crystalline. So if a melt of a given composition (e.g....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...energy it is a good idea to stick your sheet of paper on a wall or set it as your screen saver where it will be visible. Session 2 Rule 6: build on ideas You can use the concept of building on ideas during Session 1, but it is often better to let the ideas that you have generated ‘mature’ in the back of your mind for several days. You can then come to the ideas...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...energy could not be sullen or resentful, the mental wellbeing of employees began to be a supreme object of managerial concern. The new figures of authority must involve themselves with childcare centres and, at monthly get-togethers, animatedly ask their subordinates how they are enjoying their jobs so far. Responsible for wrapping the iron fist of authority in a velvet...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...energy. In discussing and comparing two versions of the same song, you may have thought about calling one a cover version of the other. Covering a song is one way in which we can see the continuity of musical traditions: a specific song is set apart as having enough importance to be copied or imitated. In this case, the Rolling Stones heard the song sung by Muddy Waters...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...energy. It can also account for how electromagnetic radiation crosses the empty space from the Sun and stars to the Earth and beyond. On encountering matter, radiation is transmitted, absorbed and scattered to varying degrees, depending on the chemical and physical nature of the matter. For example, the visible radiation in sunlight is certainly transmitted through panes...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...energy. Similarly a human baby grows into an adult by digesting and metabolising food and drink. The parents in each case pass to their progeny, or offspring, the information and specification for building cells from materials around them. This information lies in the genetic material, or DNA, which is found in the chromosomes within the nucleus and which is transmitted...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs