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School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...analysis and evaluation in order to respond intelligently to disputes, controversies and arguments about issues. Subjects like geography develop approaches to ‘disciplined enquiry’ that use a small number of very important concepts. When these are used and grown, using real data and examples, they do not ‘tell’ pupils what to think, but help them to think about...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...data collected in England from 2001 to 2011. It contains three main types of information: the percentage of a population sample achieving 5 A DAY the year of data collection the population categories of men, women and children. [Described image] (Source: Defra, 2013, p. 61) Figure 1 Consumption of fruit and vegetables in men, women and children in England, based on one 24...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...data that’s relatively easy to get, and then what share, what proportion of the country or the audience were watching your show, whatever the numbers was, what was the share? Share is important too. I work for some programmes that we provide content for where it’s not so much eyeballs but share that they follow, they track literally every minute through the programme...
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Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...data rates can be transmitted over long distances through optical fibres. You will learn how these fibres are linked, examine the technology used and assess the future direction of this continually developing area of communication...Optical-fibre communications became commercially viable in the 1970s and innovation continues today. This free course, Digital
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...data is collected and analysed. Radio 4's ‘The Material World’ broadcast three programmes from Open University Residential Schools, including SXR103 Practising Science. If you'd like to listen to this, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20060810.shtml. In addition, you can visit our Geology Toolkit for an interactive overview of the landscape...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...data on income is more readily available than on wealth. Public bodies collect information on earnings for purposes such as tax. The nature of wealth means that it is more difficult to measure: a large part of wealth consists of the assets a household owns. The changing value of an asset is difficult to evaluate; asset prices might be rising but unless the asset is sold...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...analysis allowing you to apply marketing theory to your own experience of having customers. Activity 2 Who are your customers? Timing: Allow 20 minutes for this activity Identify some important customers of your own. Think of your life at work, if you are in employment at the moment. Unless you work in retail, sales or customer service, you might never meet the final...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?
Nature & Environment

What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?

...data via the cloud to create virtual communities of growers whose shared experience makes it easier for everyone. But there’s still lots more to find out. We’re both part of an EU Aquaponics Hub that will try to better understand how fish and veg can work together, and will facilitate innovative ways to produce high-density, high quality and more sustainable food...
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