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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
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
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...analysis work to produce large catalogues of galaxy information – they are ‘big data’ projects. d. Finally, in light of these graphs, can you think of any limitations of deep-sky surveys, such as the HDF, that it might be important to consider in analysing their results? Discussion A deep image of a small patch of sky – for example, the narrow range of right...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...analysis. To introduce the two broad approaches for contrast: Reductionist approaches: these reduce or break down issues into smaller chunks. In the process much of the real-world complexity of an issue can be lost. The benefit of this approach is that you can focus on a small scale, look at individual problems which are well-defined and (often) easier to deal with in...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...data', and you will get practice with compiling and analysing data if you work through all the units in this series. We assume only that you can add, subtract, multiply and divide. In this section, we ask you to use units - grams and kilograms, abbreviated to g and kg, respectively - and to calculate a percentage, for which you will probably need to use a calculator. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...analysis of these books, and other media, informed the sex advice book that I’ve recently written with sex educator, Justin Hancock: Enjoy Sex (How, When and If You Want To). Down into the bottom left corner, much of my self-help is informed by the research I’ve conducted over the years with members of gender, sexual, and relationship diverse (GSRD) communities....
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What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?
Society, Politics & Law

What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?

...analysis of international currencies and may choose to place that label on China. While the Chinese would likely simply ignore such a designation, it would require the U.S. to take some form of punitive action if negotiations with China did not resolve the dispute. But, of course, this may be small beer compared with the more pressing geopolitical issues that will be in...
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Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection
Society, Politics & Law

Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection

...analysis – in the three spheres of social protection at issue here, the vast bulk of enforcement occurs at this level. Meanwhile, this is also the place where funding for regulation and enforcement has been reduced the most. Thus, from 2009/2010, local government funding from Westminster came under pressure. Indeed, of all the cuts to Government departments between...
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