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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
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
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
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...law of hydrostatics cap p sub atm equals rho times g times h so equation sequence part 1 h equals part 2 cap p sub atm divided by rho times g equals part 3 101.325 multiplication 10 cubed Pa divided by 1.225 kg m super negative three multiplication 9.81 m s super negative two equals part 4 8431.6 times ellipsis m full stop Therefore the height of the atmosphere would be...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...law need to work together and with accountants to achieve a coherent view of the organisation’s strategy. For example, the development of a new product may be based on marketing’s projections about demand for features, but its design should also be influenced by cost efficiency which will involve consulting with people responsible for procuring raw materials from...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs