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Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...law and injustice, poverty and survival. These black musicians were rooted in segregated and economically depressed areas whether in rural agricultural communities or overcrowded city slums and their life experiences were often harrowing. They had to deal with poverty, hunger, lack of employment, political marginalisation and unjust judicial systems. Imagery in the lyrics...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...laws, rules, practices and behaviours). * Stakeholders Individuals and groups that have an interest and involvement in the innovation process and its outcomes. * System innovations The introduction of a new or improved sociotechnical system in response to technological and social change that fulfils a societal and/or economic function (based on OECD, 2015). This involves...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...Law Enforcement Training, found that successful change processes in policing have several factors in common (Christe-Zeyse, 2013): They are usually originated from within the police The need for the change can be expressed in police terms Good leadership is critical. Whatever changes you and your organisation experience, the chances are that they will lead to a degree of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...law and say ‘these things have got to be done, or these are my expectations’ and I think you can do that, but still show your human side and still become a person that they can have a relationship with and that they can develop some trust with and I think if you have that really good sense of trust and understanding of each other then actually they will do pretty much...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...law, mediation existed in the concept of an ‘“intermediatory” – internuncius, medium, interpolator, conciliator, interpres and mediator’ (Kokoeva et.al., 2022), in its modern form, mediation as a distinct professional domain is relatively new, dating from the second half of the twentieth century. It began to grow as an area of practice in English-speaking...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...law. Unfortunately, this trend cannot continue indefinitely, because one of the main ways that these improvements are realised is by shrinking the size of the circuit elements. Improving the algorithms is the second possibility. The power of an algorithm can be expressed by stating how the ‘run-time’ which is the number of steps required to implement the algorithm,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...Laws. Here, you need the Second Law which relates force (F), mass (m) and acceleration (a) as shown in Equation 1. cap f equals m times a Equation label: Equation 1 You need to change the mass of the rocket – in this case, say 40 tonnes – into kg. So, the mass m = 40 × 1000 kg = 40 000 kg = 4 × 104 kg. Question 4 in Activity 5 provided an approximate value of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...law). However, the rate of the satellite's axial spin remains constant. Thus although for every orbit completed the satellite rotates exactly once, during the closest part of its orbit its rotation lags slightly behind its orbital motion, and during the furthest part of its orbit its rotation is slightly ahead of its orbital motion. Consequently, as seen from the planet,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs