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Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...institutions will continue to be starved of the resources which they need to flourish. Except in Washington – a poster capital city – public transport, urban infrastructure, education and public health throughout the US now lag far behind other developed countries. Visible extremes of inequality are omnipresent. The US has ceased to be a political and moral world...
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Article 5 mins
Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...institutions that would have prevented a humanitarian disaster. Mughal rulers, who were sensitive to the needs of their subjects, had ensured that the grain stores were full in case of crop failure. Their authority had been displaced by the EIC and, due to the single motivation of the British to make money in Bengal, no lasting partnerships were established to support the...
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Article 20 mins
Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...Institute; previously available online at http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/resources/detail/investinyou/Accessible_Curricula (no longer available). JISC Techdis (undated) Assistive Technology ‘Familiarity Audit’ [online], https://learn2.open.ac.uk/ mod/ subpage/ view.php?id=702415 (last accessed 1 July 2015). Microlinkvideos (2012) How can DSAs help? [online],...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...institutions in seven countries across five continents. This course was produced collaboratively by The Open University and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize....Introduction and guidance: Introduction - Nuclear weapons have been used in war twice, when the Americans dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...et al., 2021). From this work, it seems that nuts and tree nuts are the most common cause of death in young adults while cow’s milk is the most common single cause of death in school-aged children. Data from the USA states that those at greatest risk of death are those under 35 years old. Adolescents and children carry a bigger risk as they depend upon others to keep...
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Audio 2 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...et al., 1999) – and all share some basic features: they are ‘iterative’ in the sense that one or more activities are repeated; and they are ‘incremental’ in the sense that software development proceeds from an initial subset of the requirements to more and more complete subsets, until the whole system is addressed. Hence, an iterative and incremental process...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...et al., 2019). However, for electric vehicles operating on renewable energy, the proportion is likely to be higher. The actual CO2 emissions involved in manufacture will depend on the fuels used. They are likely to be higher for vehicles manufactured in a coal-based country such as China than in the UK. There are also environmental impacts associated with road...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...Institution of Civil Engineers, government bodies, such as the Ministry of Defence, as well as the APM. A project is defined as: a unique process, consisting of a set of coordinated and controlled activities with start and finish dates, undertaken to achieve an objective conforming to specific requirements, including constraints of time, cost and resources. (BS 6079-2,...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs