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Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...data to be sure. Are they actually similar to Earth’s continents, and if they are, what does that mean for Venus? Could they have formed in a similar environment to Earth? There’s some speculation that Venus might still be volcanically active. If future missions find fresh lava flows, it might confirm that. I’ll use the data I gathered in the Icelandic basalt to...
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Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...analysis of the five participants’ data. You will be reading about Sophie, a 30-year-old European New Zealander. Prior to entering the Masters teaching programme, Sophie had a bachelor’s degree double majoring in marketing and advertising and worked as an account manager. Read: from The paragraph which begins: ‘In terms of the kind of teacher she would like to be’...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...data from a thermally activated process in terms of Arrhenius's law identify the changes of phase taking place in a variety of critical phenomena provide examples of gradual, accelerating and sudden changes in the properties of materials that accompany changes in temperature...Engineering: The challenge of temperature: 1 Temperature – problem or solution? - 'Have you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Practice supervision and assessment in nursing

...analysis template below. What do you believe you bring to a practice learning role (Strengths)? What development do you require to address any specific learning needs (Learning needs)? What might the role of practice supervisor/assessor add to your own professional (and personal) development (Opportunities)? What barriers might there be for you if taking on this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...data point to be confident of his forecast. For example, the Barclays Equity Gilt Study goes back to 1900, which is only 11 or so decades ago. In addition, economic conditions may have changed so that, even with a long historic time series, forecasts of future returns, volatilities and correlations may not be appropriate. Seismic events such as 2008 and 2016 have woken...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...analysis of opinion poll data around the referendum, John Curtice (2017) identified some key features that underpinned the difference between England and Scotland in the final vote. For example, the proportion of Scots who think the economy will suffer from leaving the EU was higher than in England and the issue of immigration was of less concern in Scotland. In addition,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...analysis, use of evidence)? Make a note of the areas you want to improve on for next time and how you will go about this. Think about your last tutorial, consider the extent to which you engaged with others in ways that developed your thinking. Here are some suggestions. Did you participate in discussion? Did you stop and think before making judgements and expressing...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...analysis of vast sets of data provided online for people to work through on behalf of scientific researchers, facilitated by ‘Citizen Science’ websites. An example of Crowdsourcing. * Copyright The legal provision which protects the rightful creator of an original work or concept from plagiarism and intellectual theft by others. * Creative commons An organisation...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs