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Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...economic opportunity for individuals, businesses, and countries. Table 2 What is the IoE? The internet of Everything is the networked connection of people, process, data and things People Process Data Things Today, most people connect socially through their web-enabled devices. As the IoE evolves, we will connect in new and valuable ways. Wearable devices and clothing are...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...economic viability, the perceived dangers and the public acceptability associated with power plant operations and radioactive wastes. Nuclear power stations currently generate around 18 per cent of the UK's electricity production. The majority of the current reactors are scheduled to be decommissioned by 2023 and we could be facing an energy 'gap'. This free course, The...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...economic, and uniting cultural identity, it will mask that insecurity with a swaggering show of gendered strength,’ said Yvonne Howell, a Russian professor at the University of Richmond. […] ‘[M]any Russians today view Church affiliation as a way to reaffirm their “Russianness,” as Masha Lipman, the chair of the Carnegie Moscow Centre’s Society and Regions...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...economic power. As the researcher was not familiar with the local languages or cultural norms, some ethical sensitivities may have been missed. The researcher may have decided to work with local partners and to amend the research to align with what was practical and ethical. You will learn more about the ethics of working with partners on international research later in...
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Level 3: Advanced 18 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries in 2005 and 2014...Week 1: A future without antibiotics?: 4.2 Superbugs - An increasing and serious concern is that the more antibiotics are used, the greater the likelihood that bacteria develop resistance to multiple antibiotics and so become even more difficult to treat. Watch this short BBC video about the rise of...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...economic professors from America. By that time, I'd shifted to the line of language and writing. If I remained in Shanghai teaching economics, I think I certainly could be imprisoned for 20 years. And later during the Cultural Revolution, the Great Cultural Revolution, I was called 'fan dong xue shu quan wei', a reactionary academic. SPEAKER: He was sent to work in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An education in Religion and Worldviews
History & The Arts

An education in Religion and Worldviews

...Economic (PSHE) curriculum...An education in Religion and Worldviews: 4 An education for life and employment - [A photograph of a group of medical professionals.] The Religion and Worldviews proposal is a potential container for bringing forward discussions which can aid community cohesion, teaching productive dialogue across different beliefs and backgrounds. There is no...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...Economics (LSE) arranged a trip for a group of undergraduates to North Korea – one of the most repressive and secretive regimes in the world. A BBC reporter and cameraman joined the trip. The students were told that a journalist would be joining them and were given the chance to withdraw on the basis of that information. At Bejing airport, en route for North Korea, they...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs